Nanzatico (King George, Virginia)

Nanzatico
Location S of jct. of SR 650 and 625, King George Court House, Virginia
Coordinates 38°10′11″N 77°07′34″W / 38.16972°N 77.12611°WCoordinates: 38°10′11″N 77°07′34″W / 38.16972°N 77.12611°W
Area 340 acres (140 ha)
Built c. 1770
Architectural style Colonial
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 69000250[1]
VLR # 048-0015
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 12, 1969
Designated VLR May 13, 1969[2]

Nanzatico is a historic plantation home located at King George Court House, King George County, Virginia. It was built about 1770, and is a frame, two-story structure, seven-bays wide, with a hipped roof, and two interior end chimneys. The front facade features an engaged portico consisting of heroic pilasters, entablature, and bulls-eye pediment. Also on the property are the contributing square frame smokehouse, a frame summer kitchen, and a frame schoolhouse or office. Next to Mount Vernon, Nanzatico is probably the most formal frame colonial mansion in Virginia.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.[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. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Nanzatico". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo