Ditchley (Kilmarnock, Virginia)
Ditchley | |
Ditchley, HABS Photo | |
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Location | VA 607 N side, 2000 ft. E of jct. with VA 669, near Kilmarnock, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°44′01″N 76°20′11″W / 37.73361°N 76.33639°WCoordinates: 37°44′01″N 76°20′11″W / 37.73361°N 76.33639°W |
Area | 156 acres (63 ha) |
Built | 1762 |
Architectural style | Georgian |
NRHP Reference # | 92001272[1] |
VLR # | 066-0004 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 24, 1992 |
Designated VLR | April 22, 1992[2] |
Ditchley is a historic plantation house located near Kilmarnock, Northumberland County, Virginia. It was built in 1762, and is a two-story, Georgian style brick mansion with a hipped roof. It consists of a five bay main block flanked by one-story wings. The house was renovated and modernized in the 1930s by noted philanthropist Jessie Ball duPont (1884-1970). Also on the property are two contributing smokehouses and the Lee family cemetery and site of a kitchen building.[3]
Original built in 1687. This plantation was a grant to Col. Richard Lee I and was named for a Lee estate near Oxford, England. House was built by Kendall Lee, grandson of Richard Lee and son of Captain Hancock Lee I, Hon. (1653–1709) and Mary Kendall (1661–1694).[4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ Calder Loth (March 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ditchley" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- ↑ https://www.loc.gov/item/csas200905356/
External links
- Ditchley, State Route 607, Ditchley, Northumberland County, VA 19 photos and 3 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey