Brickland is a historic plantation house located near Kenbridge, Lunenburg County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1818, with an addition built about 1822, and rear addition in 1920. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, eight-bay, brick dwelling in the Federal style. The front facade features a gable-roof porch with paired Tuscan order columns. Also on the property are the contributing pump house, smokehouse (c. 1820), Lunenburg County's first post office (c. 1900), a summer kitchen (c. 1820), barns, a chicken house, and the ruins of slave quarters and an ice house.[3]
Brickland | |
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| Location | 6877 Brickland Rd., Kenbridge, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°52′53″N 78°05′18″W / 36.88139°N 78.08833°W |
| Area | 25 acres (10 ha) |
| Built | 1818, c. 1822 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000524[1] |
| VLR No. | 055-0002 |
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| Added to NRHP | June 1, 2005 |
| Designated VLR | March 16, 2005[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ John B. Greene (December 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brickland" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos