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Powhatan is a historic home located near Five Forks, James City County, Virginia. The house was designed by its owner Richard Taliaferro (c. 1705–1779) and built about 1750. It is a two-story, five bay by two bay Georgian style brick dwelling. It has a hipped roof with dormers and features two massive interior end T-shaped chimneys.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Powhatan Rural Historic District, formerly "Powhatan Hill Plantation" and originally "Hopyard Plantation", is a national historic district located near King George, King George County, Virginia. It encompasses 15 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures in a rural area near King George.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Powhatan County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Powhatan is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Powhatan County, Virginia, United States. It was initially known as Scottville (after Revolutionary war hero General Charles Scott ), and has historically also been known as Powhatan Court House and Powhatan Courthouse, named after Chief Powhatan , father of Matoaka ( Pocahontas ).
Roughly bounded by Powhatan Creek, State Route 5, Greensprings Rd., the First Colony community, and the James River [7]: 24 37°14′06″N 76°46′57″W / 37.235000°N 76.782500°W / 37.235000; -76.782500 ( Governor's Land Archeological
Virginia Beach, Virginia: 1700 Belle Air Plantation: Charles City County, Virginia: ca. 1700 John Weblin House: Virginia Beach: 1700 Westerhouse House: Northampton County, Virginia: ca. 1700 Wren Building: Williamsburg, Virginia: 1700 Oldest school building in America, original College of William and Mary structure [6] St. Peter's Church: New ...
The Fighting Creek Plantation is a historic plantation house at 1811 Mill Quarter Road in Powhatan, Virginia. It is one of a few surviving mid-19th century plantation houses in the state. The two story stucco manor house was built c. 1841, supposedly to a design by New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis. It was built for John Brockenbrough ...