Brickland

Brickland
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	6877 Brickland Rd., Kenbridge, Virginia
Coordinates	36°52′53″N78°05′18″W / 36.88139°N 78.08833°W / 36.88139; -78.08833
Area	25 acres (10 ha)
Built	1818 (1818), c. 1822
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	05000524 [1]
VLR No.	055-0002
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 1, 2005
Designated VLR	March 16, 2005 [2]

Brickland is a historic plantation house located near Kenbridge, Lunenburg County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1818, with an addition built about 1822, and rear addition in 1920. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, eight-bay, brick dwelling in the Federal style. The front facade features a gable-roof porch with paired Tuscan order columns. Also on the property are the contributing pump house, smokehouse (c. 1820), Lunenburg County's first post office (c. 1900), a summer kitchen (c. 1820), barns, a chicken house, and the ruins of slave quarters and an ice house. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. John B. Greene (December 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brickland" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos