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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 farm provided corn, wheat, rye, and barley for the Monticello plantation. [1] [5] While he was president (1801–1809), Jefferson leased the farm to John Craven, who grew tobacco. [2] Jefferson's grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, managed the farm beginning in 1817. [1] That year, Randolph added a stone wing to the log cabin.
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.
John Rogers was an overseer of three plantations, including Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.He then owned and operated the East Belmont plantation. Rogers was a co-founder of the Albemarle Agricultural Society, and was known for his revolutionary agricultural reforms.
Albemarle recently unveiled site maps and project plans to the public during an open house event. Kirsten Martin, Albemarle community relations manager, said a long-range map of the site was made ...
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.
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 ...
Limestone, also known as Limestone Plantation and Limestone Farm, has two historic homes and a farm complex located near Keswick, Albemarle County, Virginia.The main dwelling at Limestone Farm consists of a long, narrow two-story central section flanked by two wings. the main section was built about 1840, and the wings appear to be two small late-18th-century dwellings that were incorporated ...