Brooke's Bank

Brooke's Bank
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Brooke's Bank, HABS Photo
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Location	1 mi. E of Loretto, 1.4 mi. N of VA 17, near Loretto, Virginia
Coordinates	38°05′11″N77°01′13″W / 38.08639°N 77.02028°W / 38.08639; -77.02028
Area	435 acres (176 ha)
Built	1751 (1751)
Architectural style	Colonial, Georgian
NRHP reference No.	71000976 [1]
VLR No.	028-0007
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 28, 1971
Designated VLR	June 1, 1971 [2]

Brooke's Bank is a historic plantation house located near Loretto, Essex County, Virginia. It was built in 1751, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling with a hipped roof in the Georgian style. It has two 20th century one-story brick wings. The original interior woodwork of Brooke's Bank survives almost completely intact. During the American Civil War, it was shelled by the USS Parmee, a Union gunboat on the Rappahannock River. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. ^[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. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (May 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brooke's Bank" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

External links

• Brooke's Bank, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Loretto, Essex County, VA: 1 photo, 15 measured drawings, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey