Prestwould
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Prestwould is a historic house near Clarksville in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. The most intact and best documented plantation surviving in Southside Virginia was built for Sir Peyton Skipwith, 7th Baronet Skipwith, who moved his family from his Elm Hill Plantation to Prestwould in 1797. It has been operated by the Prestwould Foundation as a historic site since 1963, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, and declared a National Historic Landmark in 2003.[1][2][3] It is located on the north side of the Roanoke River, Script error: No such module "convert". inland, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of the intersection of Route 15 and Route 701, and approximately one mile north of Clarksville's town limits.[3] Now a museum property, it is open for tours from April to October, or by appointment.
Description and history
Prestwould Plantation today consists of almost Script error: No such module "convert". on the north side of the Roanoke River. Its main house is situated on a hill overlooking the upper reaches of John H. Kerr Reservoir, created after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a dam in the 1950s. The plantation complex includes eight buildings, all built before 1830 and most dating to the 1780s. The stone house features a hip roof and a pair of interior chimneys. The main symmetrical facade has seven bays: Doric columns support a gabled porch which shelters the center three bays of the first floor. Two other sides of the building hae similar porches. The secondary buildings of the complex are all wood-frame structures, and include an office, plantation store, slave quarters, and a pair of smokehouses.[1]
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
References
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External links
- Prestwould, the house and touring information
- Prestwould, Mecklenburg County, one photo at Virginia DHR
- Prestwould Plantation, U.S. Route 15 vicinity, Clarksville vicinity, Mecklenburg County, VA: 4 photos, 23 drawings, 2 data pages, at Historic American Buildings Survey
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- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- National Historic Landmarks in Virginia
- Museums in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
- Historic house museums in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1795
- Plantation houses in Virginia
- Georgian architecture in Virginia
- Houses in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
- Slave cabins and quarters in the United States