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'''Blandfield''' is a historic plantation home located at [[Caret, Virginia|Caret]], [[Essex County, Virginia]]. It was built about |
'''Blandfield''' is a historic plantation home 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> |
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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/> |
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| Location | E of jct. of Rtes. 624 and U.S. 17, Caret, Virginia |
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| Area | 3,500 acres (1,400 ha) |
| Built | c. 1750 |
| Architectural style | Georgian, Mid-Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 69000238[1] |
| VLR No. | 028-0005 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 1969 |
| Designated VLR | May 13, 1969[2] |
Blandfield is a historic plantation home 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. 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
External links
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
Categories:
- Beverley family of Virginia
- Bland family of Virginia
- Colonial architecture in Virginia
- Georgian architecture in Virginia
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1750
- Houses in Essex County, Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Virginia
- Plantations in Virginia
- Middle Peninsula Registered Historic Place stubs