Townfield (Port Royal, Virginia)

Townfield
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register
Townfield, October 2012
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Location	Water St., Port Royal, Virginia
Coordinates	38°10′12″N77°11′18″W / 38.17000°N 77.18833°W / 38.17000; -77.18833
Area	5.9 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	c. 1740 (1740)-1747, 1823, 1857
Built by	Gilchrist, Robert
Architectural style	Federal, Georgian
NRHP reference No.	94000791 [1]
VLR No.	284-0015
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 29, 1994
Designated VLR	April 20, 1994 [2]

Townfield, or Robert Gilchrist House, is a historic home located at Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia. The original section was built between 1740 and 1747, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, central passage plan frame dwelling in the Georgian style. It has a gable roof and dining room and a projecting pavilion addition built in 1823. Attached to the original house is a two-story, gable-roofed, Federal hall-and-parlor-plan addition, constructed in 1857 at a right angle to the dining room. This forms the stem of the overall "L" plan. Also on the property is a contributing family cemetery. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. ^[1] It is located in the Port Royal Historic District

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. Deidre McCarthy (September 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Townfield" (PDF). and Accompanying photo