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	Blandfield
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Virginia Landmarks Register
	Blandfield, HABS Photo, 1983
Location	E of jct. of Rtes. 624 and U.S. 17, Caret, Virginia
Coordinates	38°00′01″N 76°56′59″W / 38.00039°N 76.94986°W
Area	3,500 acres (1,400 ha)
Built	c. 1750
Architectural style	Georgian, Mid-Georgian
NRHP reference No.	69000238
VLR No.	028-0005
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1969
Designated VLR	May 13, 1969

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Blandfield is a historic plantation house located at Caret, Essex County, Virginia. It was built about 1716–1720, and is a brick dwelling consisting of a two-story, central block with flanking two-story dependencies connected by one-story hyphens in the Georgian style. Blandfield was built for William Beverley (1696–1756), son of Virginia's first native-born historian, Robert Beverley, Jr. (c. 1673–1722). The house is one of the largest colonial plantation mansions in Virginia, and as of 1969, was still in the Beverley family.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blandfield" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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Media related to Blandfield at Wikimedia Commons
Blandfield, U.S. Route 17 & State Route 624, Caret, Essex County, VA: 109 photos, 21 measured drawings, and 6 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
Blandfield, Smokehouse, Caret, Essex County, VA: 3 photos and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[register-2] "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

[vaNRHPnom-3] Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blandfield" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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-  | location=  E of jct. of Rtes. 624 and U.S. 17, [[Caret, Virginia]]
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-'''Blandfield''' is a historic plantation home located at [[Caret, Virginia|Caret]], [[Essex County, Virginia]]. It was built about 1816-1820, and is a brick dwelling consisting of a two-story, central block with flanking two-story dependencies connected by one-story hyphens in the [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] style. Blandfield for William Beverley (1696-1756), son of Virginia's first native-born historian, [[Robert Beverley, Jr.]] (c. 1673-1722).  The house is one of the largest colonial plantation mansions in Virginia, and as of 1969, was still in the Beverley family.<ref name="vaNRHPnom">{{cite web |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Essex/028-0005_Blandfield_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blandfield |author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff| date=undated|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Essex/Blandfield_photo.htm ''Accompanying photo'']</ref>
+'''Blandfield''' is a historic [[Plantation house in the Southern United States|plantation house]] located at [[Caret, Virginia|Caret]], [[Essex County, Virginia]]. It was built about 1716–1720, and is a brick dwelling consisting of a two-story, central block with flanking two-story dependencies connected by one-story hyphens in the [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] style. Blandfield was built for [[William Beverley]] (1696–1756), son of Virginia's first native-born historian, [[Robert Beverley, Jr.]] (c. 1673–1722). The house is one of the largest colonial plantation mansions in Virginia, and as of 1969, was still in the Beverley family.<ref name="vaNRHPnom">{{cite web |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Essex/028-0005_Blandfield_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blandfield |author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff| date=n.d.|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Essex/Blandfield_photo.htm ''Accompanying photo'']</ref>
-It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1969.<ref name=nris/>
+It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1969.<ref name=nris />
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
+* {{commons category-inline|Blandfield}}
-*[http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va1241/ Blandfield, U.S. Route 17 & State Route 624, Caret, Essex County, VA]: 109 photos, 21 measured drawings, and 6 photo caption pages at [[Historic American Buildings Survey]]
+* [https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va1241/ Blandfield, U.S. Route 17 & State Route 624, Caret, Essex County, VA]: 109 photos, 21 measured drawings, and 6 photo caption pages at [[Historic American Buildings Survey]]
+* [https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va1275/ Blandfield, Smokehouse, Caret, Essex County, VA]: 3 photos and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
 {{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}
-[[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia]]
+[[Category:Beverley family of Virginia]]
+[[Category:Bland family of Virginia]]
+[[Category:Colonial architecture in Virginia]]
 [[Category:Georgian architecture in Virginia]]
+[[Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia]]
 [[Category:Houses completed in 1750]]
 [[Category:Houses in Essex County, Virginia]]
+[[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia]]
 [[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Virginia]]
+[[Category:Plantation houses in Virginia]]
+[[Category:Brick buildings and structures in Virginia]]
-{{Virginia-NRHP-stub}}
+{{EssexCountyVA-NRHP-stub}}

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