Wales (Dinwiddie County, Virginia)

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Wales
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LocationW of Petersburg off VA 632, near Petersburg, Virginia
Coordinates 37°11′27″N77°30′31″W / 37.19083°N 77.50861°W / 37.19083; -77.50861
Area94 acres (38 ha)
Built1730
NRHP reference No. 74002115 [1]
VLR No.026-0024
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 23, 1974
Designated VLRNovember 19, 1974 [2]

Wales is a historic house and site in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It was built in 1730 by Captain Howell Briggs of the Virginia Militia on a tract of land a few miles west of Petersburg, Virginia, in what was then Prince George County. Dinwiddie County was formed from Prince George in 1752. Briggs is said to have named his plantation "Wales" after the Prince of Wales. [3]

Wales was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]

The area listed was 94 acres (38 ha) and includes four contributing buildings and two contributing structures. [1]

The main house is a five-part Palladian architecture composition and is a Virginia Historic Landmark. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ↑ Robert a. Lancaster, Jr (1936). "Wales, Dinwiddie County, Virginia". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 44 (3): 232–237. JSTOR   4244731.
  4. ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (October 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wales" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. Retrieved February 19, 2010. and Accompanying photo at Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, undated
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