Wales is a historic house and site in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It was built in 1730 by Captain Howell Briggs of the Virginia Militia on a tract of land a few miles west of Petersburg, Virginia, in what was then Prince George County. Dinwiddie County was formed from Prince George in 1752. Briggs is said to have named his plantation "Wales" after the Prince of Wales.[3]
Wales | |
 Historic image of Wales | |
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| Location | W of Petersburg off VA 632, near Petersburg, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°11′27″N 77°30′31″W / 37.19083°N 77.50861°W |
| Area | 94 acres (38 ha) |
| Built | 1730 |
| NRHP reference No. | 74002115[1] |
| VLR No. | 026-0024 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 23, 1974 |
| Designated VLR | November 19, 1974[2] |
Wales was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
The area listed was 94 acres (38 ha) and includes four contributing buildings and two contributing structures.[1]
The main house is a five-part Palladian architecture composition and is a Virginia Historic Landmark.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Robert a. Lancaster, Jr (1936). "Wales, Dinwiddie County, Virginia". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 44 (3): 232–237. JSTOR 4244731.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (October 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wales" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. Retrieved 2010-02-19. and Accompanying photo at Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, undated
External links
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Media related to Wales (Dinwiddie County, Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons- Wales, U.S. Route 460 vicinity, Petersburg, Petersburg, VA at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
