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It was built about 1810, and is a two-story, temple form brick dwelling. Unlike most of the James River Plantations Aberdeen was built back from the River along the old river road (now Rte 10). It features a pedimented gable roof and a diminutive entrance portico supported by Doric order columns. It was listed on the National Register of ...
North Bend Plantation: Weyanoke: Charles City: 01000146 Otterburn: Bedford: Bedford: 85003052 Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation: Holdcroft: Charles City: 74002116 Point of Fork Plantation: Columbia, Virginia: Fluvanna: 83003293 Queen Hith Plantation Complex Site: Newport News: Independent city: 77001535 Richneck Plantation: Newport News ...
He was the colonial customs inspector for the upper James River. Along the river, Burwell's Landing, site of his inspection station, also featured a tavern, storehouse, warehouse, and ferry house. Quarterpath Road extended between Burwell's Landing and Williamsburg. [4] The Kingsmill area saw action during the American Revolutionary War. The ...
Carter's Grove, also known as Carter's Grove Plantation, is a 750-acre (300 ha) plantation located on the north shore of the James River in the Grove Community of southeastern James City County in the Virginia Peninsula area of the Hampton Roads region of Virginia in the United States.
Historic Jamestown is the cultural heritage site that was the location of the 1607 James Fort and the later 17th-century town of Jamestown in America. It is located on Jamestown Island, on the James River at Jamestown, Virginia, and operated as a partnership between Preservation Virginia (formerly known as the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities) and the U.S. National Park ...
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".
Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation is located on the high ridge of land to the north of the river, in an area of smaller plantations with more modest homes. The original section was built about 1800 as a 20-by-22-foot (6.1 m × 6.7 m), one-story log corn crib.
Berkeley Plantation, one of the first plantations in America, comprises about 1,000 acres (400 ha) on the banks of the James River on State Route 5 in Charles City County, Virginia. Berkeley Plantation was originally called Berkeley Hundred , named after the Berkeley Company of England.