Keswick (Powhatan, Virginia)
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Keswick | |
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Keswick, Main House, HABS Photo | |
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| Location | Northeast of Powhatan off VA 711, near Powhatan, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°33′39″N 77°39′52″W / 37.56083°N 77.66444°WCoordinates: 37°33′39″N 77°39′52″W / 37.56083°N 77.66444°W |
| Area | 183 acres (74 ha) |
| Architectural style | H-shape |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 74002144[1] |
| VLR # | 072-0045 |
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| Added to NRHP | December 19, 1974 |
| Designated VLR | November 19, 1974[2] |
Keswick is a historic plantation home located near Powhatan, in Chesterfield County and Powhatan County, Virginia. It was built in the early-19th century, and is an "H"-shaped, two-story, gable-roofed, frame-with-weatherboard building. The house is supported on brick foundations and has a brick exterior end chimney on each gable. Also on the property are a contributing well house, a smokehouse, the circular "slave quarters," a kitchen, a two-story brick house, a shed, and a laundry.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Keswick". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
External links
- Keswick, State Route 711 vicinity, Huguenot, Powhatan County, VA: 2 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Keswick, Brick House (first), State Route 711 vicinity, Huguenot, Powhatan County, VA: 1 photo, 7 measured drawings, and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Keswick, Quarters, State Route 711 vicinity, Huguenot, Powhatan County, VA: 7 photos, 4 measured drawings, and 3 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Keswick, Guest House, State Route 711 vicinity, Huguenot, Powhatan County, VA: 1 photo at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Keswick, Kitchen, State Route 711 vicinity, Huguenot, Powhatan County, VA: 2 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Keswick, Smokehouse, State Route 711 vicinity, Huguenot, Powhatan County, VA: 1 photo at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Keswick, Main House (second), State Route 711 vicinity, Huguenot, Powhatan County, VA: 5 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey
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