The Dover Slave Quarter Complex is a set of five historic structures located on Brookview Farm near Manakin-Sabot, Goochland County, Virginia. They were built as one-story, two-unit, brick structures with steep gable roofs for housing African-American slaves. The houses are arranged in a wide arc, measuring 360 ft (110 m) in length. The center dwelling had a frame second-story added and its brick walls covered by siding when it was converted to an overseer's house. It has a recent rear addition.
Dover Slave Quarter Complex | |
 Two of the houses | |
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| Location | 845 Dover Rd., Manakin-Sabot, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 37°41′28″N 77°54′32″W / 37.69111°N 77.90889°W |
| Area | 309.5 acres (125.3 ha) |
| Built | 1842 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 02001005[1] |
| VLR No. | 037-5012 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 15, 2002 |
| Designated VLR | March 14, 2001[2] |
In addition to the center dwelling, one of the former slave dwellings serves as the farm office, one serves as a woodworking shop, and the remaining two are used for storage. Also on the farm are the two early 20th-century contributing farm structures; one is an impressively long dairy barn, and there are two tenant houses, silos, and storage buildings.[3]
The structures were listed as a group on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[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.
- ^ Calder Loth and Jean McRae (May 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dover Slave Quarter Complex" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo