Blandfield
Blandfield | |
Blandfield, HABS Photo, 1983 | |
| Location | E of jct. of Rtes. 624 and U.S. 17, Caret, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°00′01″N 76°56′59″W / 38.00039°N 76.94986°W |
| Area | 3,500 acres (1,400 ha) |
| Built | c. 1750 |
| Architectural style | Georgian, Mid-Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 69000238[1] |
| VLR No. | 028-0005 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 1969 |
| Designated VLR | May 13, 1969[2] |
Blandfield is a historic plantation house located at Caret, Essex County, Virginia. It was built about 1716–1720, and is a brick dwelling consisting of a two-story, central block with flanking two-story dependencies connected by one-story hyphens in the Georgian style. Blandfield was built for William Beverley (1696–1756), son of Virginia's first native-born historian, Robert Beverley, Jr. (c. 1673–1722). The house is one of the largest colonial plantation mansions in Virginia, and as of 1969, was still in the Beverley family.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.[1]
References
- ^ 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 September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blandfield" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
External links
- Media related to Blandfield at Wikimedia Commons
- Blandfield, U.S. Route 17 & State Route 624, Caret, Essex County, VA: 109 photos, 21 measured drawings, and 6 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Blandfield, Smokehouse, Caret, Essex County, VA: 3 photos and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey