Pop Castle

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Pop Castle
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Location VA 659 on the Rappahannock River, near White Stone, Virginia
Coordinates 37°38′28″N76°25′32″W / 37.64111°N 76.42556°W / 37.64111; -76.42556 Coordinates: 37°38′28″N76°25′32″W / 37.64111°N 76.42556°W / 37.64111; -76.42556
Area 12.1 acres (4.9 ha)
Built 1855 (1855)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 89000505 [1]
VLR # 051-0075
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 16, 1989
Designated VLR December 13, 1988 [2]

Pop Castle is a historic plantation house located near White Stone, Lancaster County, Virginia. It was built in 1855, and is a two-story, five-bay, gable roofed frame dwelling with Greek Revival style details. It has a single pile, central passage plan and two exterior end chimneys. It rests partly on the foundations of an 18th-century dwelling. Also on the property are the contributing antebellum granary and a roughly contemporary smokehouse. The property also includes the archaeological remains of most related service structures. [3]

White Stone, Virginia Town in Virginia, United States

White Stone is a town in Lancaster County, Virginia, United States. The population was 352 at the 2010 census. The name "White Stone" refers to the accumulations of white stones in the area's waterways. The stones were dumped there in the colonial era by British ships that dumped their stone ballast to make room for cargo like tobacco to carry back to England.

Lancaster County, Virginia County in the United States

Lancaster County is a county located on the Northern Neck in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,391. Its county seat is Lancaster.

Greek Revival architecture architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture. The term was first used by Charles Robert Cockerell in a lecture he gave as Professor of Architecture to the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1842.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Camille Wells (November 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pop Castle" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo