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Varina Farms, also known as Varina Plantation or Varina Farms Plantation or Varina on the James, is a plantation established in the 17th century on the James River about 10 miles (16 km) south of Richmond, Virginia. [3] An 820-acre (330 ha) property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as "Varina Plantation".
Curles Neck Plantation (also known as Curles Neck Farm) is located between State Route 5 and the north bank of the James River in the Varina district of Henrico County, Virginia. One of the great James River Plantations , Curles Neck has remained in active use for almost 400 years and remains a privately owned working farm which is not ...
Varina Farms Plantation Cannons at the site of the Battle of Malvern Hill. The original county seat was at Varina, at the Varina Farms plantation across the James River from Henricus. Colonist John Rolfe built this plantation, where he lived with his wife, Pocahontas. [14] Henrico's government was located at Varina from around 1640 until 1752. [2]
In 1666, the first courthouse was built at Varina for Henrico County. [3] Varina was established as an unincorporated community in 1680. By 1640, a church for Henrico Parish and other buildings were built either on the Varina plantation or in the settlement of Varina, but their location is unknown. By 1640, Varina was the site of the Henrico ...
Henrico: 4: Clarke-Palmore House: Clarke-Palmore House: June 2, 2004 : 904 McCoul St. Richmond: Brick house built as a farmhouse in 1819 and expanded in 1855; "a reminder of Henrico County's agricultural past." [8] 5: Curles Neck Farm
Varina Farms; Wilton - Built circa 1753 for William Randolph III, Wilton was once the centerpiece of a 2,000-acre (8.1 km 2) tobacco plantation in Henrico, and home to the Randolph family for more than a century. They entertained George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the Marquis de Lafayette.
The first time Mary Ellen Harris visited Allaire Community Farm, a nonprofit sanctuary launched in 2013 to help people and animals, she thought, “nice idea, but this is never going to work ...
Varina magisterial district in Henrico County is named for Rolfe's Varina Farms plantation, where the tiny village was also the first county seat (from 1634 to 1752). The abandoned corridor planned for State Route 288 in western Henrico County became a connector street, rather than a limited-access highway. It was named the John Rolfe Parkway.