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Kenmore
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Kenmore Plantation, July 2006
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| Location: | 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Virginia |
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| Area: | 1 acre (0.4 ha)[1] |
| Built: | 1770s |
| Architectural style: | Georgian |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 69000325 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP: | June 4, 1969[2] |
| Designated NHL: | April 15, 1970[3] |
Kenmore, perhaps also known as Kenmore Plantation, was the home of Fielding Lewis in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Fielding was married to Betty Washington Lewis, the sister of George Washington. The house was built in the 1770s on a 1,300-acre (530 ha) plantation. The property was purchased by the Gordon family in 1819. They named it Kenmore for the home of their ancestors in Scotland.
The house is notable for the remarkable decorative plaster work on the ceilings of many rooms on the first floor.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.[3][1]
Kenmore is owned and operated as a museum by The George Washington Foundation (formerly George Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation), and is open daily for guided tours. The Foundation also owns nearby Ferry Farm.
Located in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Kenmore is a plantation house and the only surviving structure from the Kenmore plantation. The house was completed in 1776 for Betty Washington Lewis, the sister of George Washington, and for her husband Fielding Lewis. The plantation originally grew tobacco, wheat, and corn.[4] In later years, the plantation served an active role in the civil war, serving as a makeshift military hospital after the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864, and served as part of the federal troops’ route to Richmond.[5]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 and was further designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970.[2][3]
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