Park Gate (Nokesville, Virginia)

Last updated
Park Gate
Park Gate, State Route 653, Brentsville vicinity (Prince William County, Virginia).jpg
Park Gate, HABS Photo
USA Virginia Northern location map.svg
Red pog.svg
USA Virginia location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location11508 Park Gate Dr., near Nokesville, Virginia
Coordinates 38°40′44″N77°32′53″W / 38.67889°N 77.54806°W / 38.67889; -77.54806 Coordinates: 38°40′44″N77°32′53″W / 38.67889°N 77.54806°W / 38.67889; -77.54806
Area2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Builtc. 1750 (1750)
Architectural styleTidewater Style
NRHP reference No. 87000580 [1]
VLR No.076-0018
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 3, 1987
Designated VLRSeptember 20, 1988 [2]

Park Gate is a historic home located near Nokesville, Prince William County, Virginia. It was built about 1750, and is a 1+12-story, three-bay, Tidewater Style frame dwelling. It has a steep gable roof and exterior end chimneys and measures 36 feet by 30 feet. The front facade features a 12 feet deep full width front porch. Colonel Thomas Lee, eldest son of Richard Henry Lee, signer of the Declaration of Independence, resided at Park Gate from about 1790 to 1805. [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]

Related Research Articles

Westover Plantation United States historic place

Westover Plantation is a historic colonial tidewater plantation located on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia. Established in c. 1730–1750, it is the homestead of the Byrd family of Virginia. State Route 5, a scenic byway, runs east–west to the north of the plantation, connecting the independent cities of Richmond and Williamsburg.

Leesylvania State Park State park in Prince William County, Virginia

Leesylvania State Park is located in the southeastern part of Prince William County, Virginia. The land was donated in 1978 by philanthropist Daniel K. Ludwig, and the park was dedicated in 1985 and opened full-time in 1992.

Saylers Creek Battlefield United States historic place

Sayler's Creek Battlefield, near Farmville, Virginia, was the site of the Battle of Sayler's Creek of the American Civil War. Confederate general Robert E. Lee's army was retreating from the Richmond to the Petersburg line. Here, on April 6, 1865, Union general Philip Sheridan cut off and beat back about a quarter of Lee's depleted army. Eight Confederate generals surrendered, and 7,700 men were lost. Confederate Major General George Washington Custis Lee, eldest son of Robert E. Lee, was forcibly captured on the battlefield by Private David Dunnels White of the 37th Massachusetts Regiment. The battle was the last major engagement of the war in Virginia; Lee's surrender at Appomattox occurred three days later. A portion of the landmarked battlefield area is included in Sailor's Creek Battlefield Historical State Park. The Civil War Trust and its partners have acquired and preserved 885 acres (3.58 km2) of the battlefield in five transactions since 1996.

Mangohick Church United States historic place

Mangohick Church, also known as Mangohick Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church located in the community of Mangohick, King William County, Virginia. It was constructed in 1730, and is a one-story, rectangular brick building with a steep gable roof. It measures 61 feet by 21 feet. Originally built for an Episcopalian congregation, it was apparently abandoned by them soon after the Disestablishment. The church remains in active use.

White House (Brentsville, Virginia) United States historic place

The White House in Brentsville, Virginia was built in 1822. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Rockledge (Occoquan, Virginia) United States historic place

Rockledge, is a historic home located at Occoquan, Prince William County, Virginia, United States, near Washington D.C.

Glen Arvon United States historic place

Glen Arvon, originally known as Glenarvon, is a historic plantation house and farm located near Bremo Bluff, Fluvanna County, Virginia. The main house was built in 1836, and is a two-story, five bay, brick dwelling in the Greek Revival style. It measures 50 feet by 40 feet and is topped by a shallow hipped roof with balustrade. The front facade features a two-story Greek Doric order portico. Also on the property is the contributing two-story, brick servant's house. The house is a twin of Point of Fork, as they were built by brothers William and James Galt.

Point of Fork Plantation United States historic place

Point of Fork Plantation is a historic plantation house and farm located near Columbia, Fluvanna County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1830, and is a two-story, five bay, brick dwelling in the Greek Revival style. It measures 50 feet by 40 feet and is topped by a shallow hipped roof with balustrade. The front facade features a large two-story tetrastyle Greek Doric order portico. Also on the property are a contributing servant's house and office. The house is a twin of Glen Arvon, as they were built by brothers William and James Galt. In March 1865, Federal troops under General Philip Sheridan occupied the plantation and Sheridan set up headquarters in the house.

Sunrise (Gore, Virginia) United States historic place

Sunrise, also known as Muse House, is a historic home located near Gore, Frederick County, Virginia. It is a two-story, log and frame farmhouse in the Greek Revival style. The original section was built in 1818, with additions and modifications made around 1850, and around 1905. The main section measures approximately 18 feet by 39 feet and features a two-story, two-level, five bay, front porch and exterior fieldstone end chimney. Also on the property are the contributing meathouse and two barns. The house is bordered by fields, forest and apple, peach and cherry orchards.

Lansdowne (Urbanna, Virginia) United States historic place

Lansdowne is a historic home located at Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia. It was constructed about 1740, and is a two-story, five-bay, "T"-shaped, brick dwelling in the Early Georgian style. It consists of a main section measuring 52 feet by 25 feet, with a rear wing of 36 feet by 18 feet. The front facade features a tall pedimented portico projecting from the center bay. It was the home of diplomat Arthur Lee (1740-1792), who is buried on the property in the family cemetery.

Versailles (Burgess, Virginia) United States historic place

Versailles is a historic home located at Burgess, Northumberland County, Virginia. It was built between 1853 and 1857, and is a 2+12-story, five-bay, frame I-house dwelling with Greek Revival style design elements. It measures approximately 46 feet by 30 feet, and is topped by a gable roof. The front facade features a two-story pedimented entrance porch with a classical entablature and second floor balcony.

Effingham (Aden, Virginia) United States historic place

Effingham is a historic home and national historic district located at Aden, Prince William County, Virginia. It was built about 1777, and is a large, two-story, five-bay, Tidewater-style, frame residence set on a raised basement. It features a massive, exterior, brick, double chimney joined by a pent closet at each end of the structure. Also included in the district are a brown sandstone blacksmith shop, a smokehouse and former slaves' quarters, as well as a terraced garden that is reputed to be one of the earliest in Virginia.

Mt. Atlas (Haymarket, Virginia) United States historic place

Mt. Atlas is a historic home and national historic district located near Haymarket, Virginia, United States. It was built about 1795 and is a 2+12-story, three-bay, Georgian style, frame dwelling with a single-pile, side hall plan. It has a 1+12-story rear ell dated to the late-19th century and a two bay front porch. The house features a single exterior stone chimney, a metal gable roof, and a molded, boxed cornice with modillions. Also included in the district are a smokehouse and the sites of the former kitchen and a carriage house.

Beverley Mill United States historic place

Beverley Mill, also known as Chapman Mill, is a historic grist mill located north of Interstate 66 and Virginia State Route 55 in Thoroughfare Gap near Broad Run, Virginia, straddling the county line between Prince William and Fauquier Counties. It was built about 1759, and is a five-story, four bay by three bay, rubble stone structure. The water power was provided by Broad Run which, in its 1,300-foot (400-metre) passage through the Gap, drops 87 feet. Exterior mill machinery included a 29-foot (8.8-metre) metal waterwheel and sluice gate as well as a stone mill race. The mill continued in operation through World War II. It is included in the Thoroughfare Gap Battlefield.

Prince William County Courthouse United States historic place

Prince William County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at 9248 Lee Avenue, Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia. Rehabilitated in 2000–2001, it currently houses some offices of the Prince William County clerk, and the historic courtroom upstairs can be rented for events.

Nokesville Truss Bridge United States historic place

Nokesville Truss Bridge is a historic Pratt truss bridge spanning the Norfolk Southern Railway near Nokesville, Prince William County, Virginia. It was built in 1882 by the Keystone Bridge Company. The single-span bridge measures 73 feet 11.5 inches (22.543 m) long, and is constructed of wrought iron.

Freestone Point Confederate Battery United States historic place

Freestone Point Confederate Battery is a historic American Civil War gun emplacement located at Leesylvania State Park, Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia. The battery has four individual gun emplacements, which are fairly simple in configuration. All are formed by a large, deep, rectangular depression with high earthen berms built up on the north and south side of each depression. Three of the batteries are located on the cliff about 90 feet above the Potomac River. For five months, from October 1861 to March 1862, the batteries contributed to the Confederate military's success in blockading the Potomac River.

Fulkerson–Hilton House United States historic place

The Fulkerson–Hilton House is a historic home located near Hiltons, Scott County, Virginia. It was built in 1783 according to historic records and verified by a dendrochronology study. The home is a two-story log dwelling. It is built with a mix of oak, pine, and poplar hewn logs. It measures 20 feet wide, 50 feet long, and 20 feet in height and has a standing seam metal gable roof. A front verandah was added in 1936, and a kitchen and dining room addition in 1949. Also on the property is a family cemetery including a historic marker for the home's builder Abraham Fulkerson.

Clearview (Falmouth, Virginia) United States historic place

Clearview is a historic home located at Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia. It was built about 1749, and is a two-story, five bay, frame dwelling. It has a hipped roof, exterior end chimneys, and a distyle Tuscan order front porch. The house measures approximately 42 feet by 26 feet, with an 18 by 26 foot wing added in 1918–1919. The property was used by the Union army as an artillery position during the Battle of Fredericksburg in December, 1862.

Mont Calm United States historic place

Mont Calm, also known as Montcalm, is a historic home located at Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. It was built in 1827, and is a two-story, five-bay Federal style brick farmhouse. It measures 40 feet long and 30 feet wide and has a two-story addition dated to about 1905. The house sits on a limestone foundation and has a standing seam metal gable roof. The front facade features a shed roof porch supported by Tuscan order columns. It was the home of Virginia Governor David Campbell (1779–1859).

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. Dean F. Niedernhofer (June 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Park Gate" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo