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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 ...
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 ...
The youngest son born to the former Mary Watts (d. 1775; widow of Col. Henry Ashton of Westmoreland County) and her master builder husband Richard Blackburn (d. 1757) was born at Rippon Lodge, the plantation house which his English-born father had built around 1745, [2] and which he inherited because his elder brothers died before their father. [3]
The eldest son of Col. Thomas Blackburn and his wife Christian Scott was born to the patriotic gentry of Prince William County, Virginia.He was likely born between 1762 and 1764, since he is listed on the Prince William County tax rolls as under 21 years old in 1781 and had an individual listing in 1787.
Bushrod and his slightly older brother John married sisters, both daughters of Col. Thomas Blackburn, who had served as an aide-de-camp to General Washington (before his presidency) and whose plantation in Prince William County on the King's Highway between their Westmoreland County lands and Mount Vernon was named Rippon Lodge. Specifically ...
Linton Neck plantation was a prominent feature of Linton Neck in Colonial times. [5] After falling into ruin, the house was rebuilt as "Bel Aire" by the Grayson family.This house is not to be confused with the similarly named Belle Air Plantation five miles away in Minnieville, Virginia.
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.