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Blenheim is a historic home and farm complex located at Blenheim, Albemarle County, Virginia.The once very large surrounding plantation was established by John Carter.Late in the 18th century, his son Edward Carter became the county's largest landowner, and in addition to public duties including service in the Virginia General Assembly built a mansion on this plantation where he and his family ...
Belmont Plantation, also known as Belmont Estate and Belmont, is a locale in Albemarle County, Virginia, [1] and the site of a 19th-century plantation. It was among the first patents in Albemarle County, patented in the 1730s. Matthew Graves sold a 2,500-acre-tract to John Harvie Sr., a friend of Peter Jefferson and a guardian of Thomas Jefferson.
Castle Hill (Virginia) is an historic, privately owned, 600-acre (243 ha) plantation located at the foot of the Southwest Mountains in Albemarle County, Virginia, near Monticello and the city of Charlottesville, and is recognized by the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places.
The younger Randolphs came to prefer the cooler mountain air of Albemarle County, so they built a one-story, wood-frame structure on the property about 1799, but they preferred living at Monticello. Randolph Jr. acted as an overseer at Jefferson's plantation as well as ran this one, but also ran up [ 4 ] and inherited great debt. [ 5 ]
East Belmont is a historic farm and national historic district located near Keswick, Albemarle County, Virginia. The district encompasses 3 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure. The original house, now the rear ell, was built about 1811–1814, and is a two-story, three-bay, gable roofed frame structure.
Monticola is a historic plantation home and farm located along the James River near Howardsville, Albemarle County, Virginia. The house was built in 1853 for planter, merchant and banker Daniel James Hartsook, and is a three-story, three-bay, brick Greek Revival style dwelling. The front facade features a central, two-story, pedimented portico.
John Rogers was the son of Mary Trice and Byrd Rogers, [3] who were married in King and Queen County, Virginia. [4] They had two other sons, Philip and Byrd. [4] His father married twice, the second time to Martha Trice, his first wife's sister.
Location of Albemarle County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Albemarle County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register ...