Wheatland (Loretto, Virginia)

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Wheatland
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LocationVA 638 between US 17 and the Rappahanock River, Loretto, Virginia
Coordinates 38°05′04″N77°03′35″W / 38.08444°N 77.05972°W / 38.08444; -77.05972 Coordinates: 38°05′04″N77°03′35″W / 38.08444°N 77.05972°W / 38.08444; -77.05972
Area350 acres (140 ha)
Built1849 (1849)-1851
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference # 89001918 [1]
VLR #028-0044
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 19, 1990
Designated VLRSeptember 20, 1988 [2]

Wheatland is a historic plantation home located near Loretto, Essex County, Virginia. It was built between 1849 and 1851, and is a two-story, five-bay, frame dwelling with a hipped roof in the Greek Revival style. It has a double-pile central hall plan, and features two-story porches on the principal facades. A simple one-story gable-roofed frame wing contains a kitchen. The property includes a contributing wharf (1916), smokehouse and kitchen. [3]

Loretto, Virginia Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States

Loretto is an unincorporated community in Essex County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

Essex County, Virginia County in the United States

Essex County is a county located in the Middle Peninsula in the U.S. state of Virginia; the peninsula is bordered by the Rappahannock River on the north and the Dragon swamp on the south. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,151. Its county seat is Tappahannock.

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 1990. [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 in preserving the property.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. John Salmon & Julie Vosmik (September 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wheatland" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo