Stony Creek Plantation, also known as Shell House, is a historic plantation house located at DeWitt, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1750, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay, center-hall plan house. It would have been built by enslaved African Americans. They likely cultivated tobacco and mixed crops by the time this plantation was developed.
Stony Creek Plantation | |
 Front and eastern side | |
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| Location | VA 624, DeWitt, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°5′33″N 77°39′31″W / 37.09250°N 77.65861°W |
| Area | 25 acres (10 ha) |
| Built | c. 1750 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000212[1] |
| VLR No. | 026-0092 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 11, 2003 |
| Designated VLR | December 4, 2002[2] |
A two-story perpendicular section was added in 1872, more than 120 years later and after the Civil War. The house is T-shaped and features massive brick chimneys.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[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. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ John G. Zehmer (August 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Stony Creek Plantation" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying three photos