Bremo Historic District
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Bremo Historic District | |
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(U.S. National Historic Landmark District) | |
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Nearest city: | Bremo Bluff, Virginia |
Architect: | Thomas Jefferson |
Architectural style(s): | Other |
Designated as NHL: | November 11, 1971[1] |
Added to NRHP: | November 12, 1969[2] |
NRHP Reference#: | 69000241 |
Governing body: | Private |
Bremo, also known as Bremo Plantation or Bremo Historic District, included Lower Bremo and Bremo Recess, and is a plantation near Bremo Bluff, Virginia. The building at Upper Bremo may have been designed by Thomas Jefferson, as it follows his design style closely.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.[1][3]
The plantation fronts on the James River.[4]
[edit] See also
- Slaves at Bremo worshipped at Bremo Slave Chapel in Bremo Bluff.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Bremo Historic District. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ W. B. Morton III (August 21, 1971), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Bremo Recess, and Lower Bremo (Bremo Historic District) / BremoPDF (32 KB), National Park Service and Accompanying 15 photos, exterior and interior, from 1967, 1971, and undatedPDF (32 KB)
- ^ Map of Bremo Historic District, at Virginia DHR
[edit] External links
- Bremo Historic District (one photo), at Virginia DHR
- Bremo, State Route 656 vicinity, Bremo Bluff vicinity, Fluvanna County, VA: 29 photos, 3 data pages and supplemental material, at Historic American Building Survey
- Map of Bremo Historic District, at Virginia DHR
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