Dover Slave Quarter Complex

Dover Slave Quarter Complex
Location 845 Dover Rd., Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
Coordinates 37°41′28″N 77°54′32″W / 37.69111°N 77.90889°WCoordinates: 37°41′28″N 77°54′32″W / 37.69111°N 77.90889°W
Area 309.5 acres (125.3 ha)
Built 1842
Architectural style Greek Revival
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 02001005[1]
VLR # 037-5012
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 15, 2002
Designated VLR March 14, 2001[2]

Dover Slave Quarter Complex is a set of five historic structures located on Brookview Farm near Manakin-Sabot, Goochland County, Virginia. They were built as one-story, two unit, brick structures with steep gable roofs. They are arranged in a wide arc, measuring 360 feet in length. The center dwelling had a frame second-story added and its brick walls covered by siding when it was converted to an overseer's house. It has a recent rear addition. In addition to the center dwelling, one of the slave dwellings serves as the farm office, one serves as a woodworking shop and the remaining two are used for storage. Also on the farm are the contributing two early 20th-century farm structures, one of which is an impressively long dairy barn, two tenant houses, silos, and storage buildings.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Calder Loth and Jean McRae (January 2001, May 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dover Slave Quarter Complex". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Check date values in: |date= (help) and Accompanying photo