Wharton Place

Wharton Place
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Fields at the property; the house is slightly visible at right
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Location	0.7 mi. NE of jct. of VA 762 and 679, Mappsville, Virginia
Coordinates	37°50′51″N75°31′58″W / 37.84750°N 75.53278°W / 37.84750; -75.53278
Area	160 acres (65 ha)
Built	1798 (1798)
Built by	Wellford, Robert
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	72001378 [1]
VLR No.	001-0050
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 3, 1972
Designated VLR	April 18, 1972 [2]

Wharton Place is a historic home located at Mappsville, Accomack County, Virginia. It was built in 1798, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Federal style. It has a one-story brick kitchen wing. It has a deck-on-hip roof and projecting interior chimneys. Also on the property is a contributing frame smokehouse. The house was built by John Wharton (1762-1811), a prosperous maritime merchant and native of Accomack County. ^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. ^[1]

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. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (March 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wharton Place" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

External links

• Wharton Place, Assawaman Creek vicinity, Mappsville, Accomack County, VA: 2 photos and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey