Robert Tynes House

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Robert Tynes House
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The Tynes House in April 2017
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Location13060 Courthouse Hwy., near Smithfield, Virginia
Coordinates 36°57′54″N76°39′47″W / 36.96500°N 76.66306°W / 36.96500; -76.66306 Coordinates: 36°57′54″N76°39′47″W / 36.96500°N 76.66306°W / 36.96500; -76.66306
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1750 (1750)
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No. 07000194 [1]
VLR No.046-0002
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 21, 2007
Designated VLRSeptember 6, 2006 [2]

Robert Tynes House, also known as Tynes Plantation, is a historic plantation house located near Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. The house was built in 1750 and is a two-story, three-bay, Georgian style brick dwelling with a gambrel roof. The interior features a center-passage single-pile plan. Also on the property are the contributing garden and well, smokehouse / frame shed, and kitchen foundation. In 1802, its owner Timothy Tynes granted manumission of his 81 slaves and the division of his 4,000 acre estate primarily to his slaves. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [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. Kimble A. David (June 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Robert Tynes House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos