Park Gate (Nokesville, Virginia)

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Park Gate
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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
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-foot-deep (3.7 m) 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]

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 June 5, 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