Howard's Neck Plantation

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Howard's Neck Plantation
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Plantation house
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Location1 mi. NW of Pemberton, near Pemberton, Virginia
Coordinates 37°40′45″N78°05′29″W / 37.67917°N 78.09139°W / 37.67917; -78.09139
Area1,450 acres (590 ha)
Builtc. 1825 (1825)
ArchitectMills, Robert
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 72001398 [1]
VLR No.037-0100
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 23, 1972
Designated VLRNovember 16, 1971 [2]

Howard's Neck Plantation is a historic house and plantation complex located near the unincorporated community of Pemberton, in Goochland County, Virginia. It was built about 1825, and is a two-story, three-bay brick structure in the Federal style. The house is similar in style to the works of Robert Mills. It has a shallow deck-on-hip roof and a small, one-story academically proportioned tetrastyle Roman Doric order portico.

Also on the property are other contributing buildings: A one-story frame house, said to be the original farm dwelling dating from colonial times; a 20th-century frame house, an early 19th-century brick kitchen, two frame smokehouses, a frame tool house, two early carriage houses and a harness house, three log slave quarters, the manager's house, and a sizable tobacco barn. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (July 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Howard's Neck Plantation" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo