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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.
Salix caroliniana, commonly known as the coastal plain willow, is a shrub or small tree [2] native to the southeastern United States, Mexico and parts of Central America and the Caribbean. It is an obligate wetland species and grows as an emergent species in the Everglades .
Court Square Park (formerly Jackson Park and Justice Park) is a public park in Charlottesville, Virginia. Court Square Park is 0.4 acres bounded by Jefferson Street, Fourth Street N.E., High Street and the Albemarle County Court Building. [1] Paul Goodloe McIntire established the park in 1919 by donating the land to the city of Charlottesville. [1]
Willow Grove, also known as the Clark House, is a historic plantation house located near Madison Mills, Orange County, Virginia. The main brick section was built about 1848, and is connected to a frame wing dated to about 1787. The main section is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, six-bay, Greek Revival-style brick structure on a high basement.
Locust Grove is a historic home located at Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was built between 1840 and 1844, and is a two-story, five-bay, Georgian style brick dwelling. It has a hipped roof and end chimneys. On the front facade is a portico with coupled paneled columns.
The latter, nicknamed "Big Mama" — at 123 feet tall the largest tree in Virginia – was over a thousand years old, surviving until 2008 in a swamp 80 miles southeast of Richmond. [26] A famous "old willow oak ", called the "tricycle tree" after the two young brothers who fastened a tricycle in the limbs to hoist treasures up to their tree ...
The Corner is a seven-block collection of bars, restaurants, bookstores, and night spots on University Avenue in Charlottesville, Virginia, extending from 12 1 ⁄ 2 Street Southwest to Chancellor Street. [1] located across the street from the University of Virginia. It is bounded by Graduate Charlottesville on the east and Bank of America on ...
Willow Shade, also known as the Willa Cather House, is a historic home located near Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. The house was built in 1851, and is a two-story, five-bay-by-three-bay, rectangular brick dwelling in a vernacular Late Greek Revival style. It has a three bay by two bay rear ell. The house sits on an English basement.