Burlington (Aylett, Virginia)

Burlington
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Entrance to the estate
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Nearest city	Aylett, Virginia
Coordinates	37°50′40″N77°08′38″W / 37.84443°N 77.14388°W / 37.84443; -77.14388
Area	782 acres (316 ha)
Built	1842
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Colonial
NRHP reference No.	78003023 [1]
VLR No.	050-0010
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 30, 1978
Designated VLR	March 15, 1977 [2]

Burlington is a historic plantation house located near Aylett, King William County, Virginia.

History

Owen Gwalthney II bought the 700 acre plantation from Lewis Burwell in the mid-18th century. ^[3]

Architecture

The two-part main house is mostly in the Classical Revival-style and was erected in 1842 by Dr. William Gwathmey, but the rear ell contains a fragment of a Colonial-period frame dwelling erected by the Burwell family. The main section is a two-story, stuccoed brick dwelling with a standing seam metal gable roof. The earlier portion is topped by a hipped roof. Also on the property are a 19th century boxwood garden, the contributing old smokehouse, an early framed barn (that was the original meetinghouse of the Beulah Baptist Church), and the Gwathmey family cemetery surrounded by a brick wall. ^[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. NRIS
4. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (March 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Burlington". Virginia Department of Historic Resources.