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Rippon Lodge is one of the oldest houses remaining in Prince William County, Virginia, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971. [3] Built around 1747 by Richard Blackburn (1705-1757 [4]) as the main residence and headquarters of his plantation, it lies on high ground overlooking Neabsco Creek at the south end of what is now the unincorporated town of Woodbridge at ...
February 26, 1970 (General Washington Dr. Dale City: Historic plantation manor house built c. 1740 by Charles Ewell. It was the home of Mason Locke Weems (1759 – 1825), the first biographer of George Washington and the creator of the George Washington cherry tree story ("I cannot tell a lie, I did it with my little hatchet").
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. [ 1 ] There are 86 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, 2 of which are National Historic Landmarks .
Rippon Lodge, c. 1747, Prince William County — home of the Blackburn family; Rockledge Mansion, built in 1758 by William Buckland at Occoquan, Prince William County — home of John Ballendine, the founder of Occuquan; Russell House and Store, early 19th-century house and store at Dale City; Sara Myers House, 1790, Old Town District of ...
Ripon Lodge, located near the village of Rippon, West Virginia, was built in 1833 by Henry S. Turner on his "Wheatland" estate. The next year his son, William F. Turner, inherited Ripon Lodge. The house is a two-story T-shaped stone building with a detached 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story stone summer kitchen. The interior contains an elegant half-spiral ...
His father bequeathed Rippon Lodge to his grandchildren by this son, expecting it to be sold to pay debts owed to Bushrod Washington on this son's behalf. His brother Thomas Blackburn Jr. was administrator of his estate in Virginia, and paid for the coffin as well as received his final pay and sold a slave on the estate's behalf. [7]
Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [ 1 ] There are 102 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, and two former listings.
Rippon Lodge, oldest house in Prince William County, Virginia, United States; See also. Ripon This page was last edited on 2 April 2021, at 00:30 (UTC). Text is ...