Northbank (Walkerton, Virginia)
Northbank | |
 Driveway to the farmstead | |
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| Location | 453 Northbank Rd., Walkerton, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°45′51″N 77°4′0″W / 37.76417°N 77.06667°W |
| Area | 156 acres (63 ha) |
| Built | 1722, 1827, 1863, 1911 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000121[1] |
| VLR No. | 049-0051 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 7, 2006 |
| Designated VLR | December 7, 2005[2] |
Northbank is a historic plantation house located near Walkerton, King and Queen County, Virginia. The first section was built in 1722, with additions dated to 1827, 1863 and 1911. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, frame and clapboard home on a brick foundation. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse, kitchen house, pole barn shed, and the family cemetery. The house remained in the same family from 1722 to 1990.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[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.
- ^ Dorothy G. Mahanes and Wallace S. Mahanes (September 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Northbank" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
Categories:
- Plantation houses in Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Federal architecture in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1722
- Houses in King and Queen County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in King and Queen County, Virginia
- 1722 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
- Middle Peninsula Registered Historic Place stubs
- King and Queen County, Virginia, geography stubs