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Pharsalia (Tyro, Virginia)

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Pharsalia is a historic plantation house and farm complex located near Tyro, Nelson County, Virginia. Its main house was built between 1814 and 1816 using slave labor, and is a one story, eleven bay, linear, single pile, Federal style frame manor house with a standing seam metal gable roof and a three bay porch under its own gable roof. It was enlarged in the mid nineteenth century into its current T shaped plan. Also on the property are a contributing kitchen, laundry and former slave hospital building from 1834, an icehouse, a crib barn, a smokehouse from 1814, a weaving room, several former slave quarters, and a privy, along with the sites of a commercial smokehouse and a mill. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building Type
Plantation House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Virginia, United States 2
Completed Year
1814 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
Building Type (category)
Plantation 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
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Has Building Type

House, Concepts
Plantation House, Concepts

In Style

Federal Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Pharsalia, Tyro, Virginia (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Timber, Architectural Materials
Source Pharsalia, Tyro, Virginia (Wikipedia)
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United States

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Source Pharsalia, Tyro, Virginia (Wikipedia)
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1. Pharsalia, Tyro, Virginia (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Pharsalia is a historic plantation house and farm complex located near Tyro, Nelson County, Virginia.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Plantation house)
    Pharsalia is a historic plantation house and farm complex located near Tyro, Nelson County, Virginia. The main house was built between 1814 and 1816 using slave labor, and is a one-story, 11 bay, linear, single-pile, Federal style, frame manor house. It has a standing seam metal gable roof and features a three-bay porch with a gable roof. It was enlarged in the mid-19th century to its current T-s
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1814)
    Pharsalia is a historic plantation house and farm complex located near Tyro, Nelson County, Virginia. The main house was built between 1814 and 1816 using slave labor, and is a one-story, 11 bay, linear, single-pile, Federal style, frame manor house. It has a standing seam metal gable roof and features a three-bay porch with a gable roof. It was enlarged in the mid-19th century to its current T-s
  • Uses Element: Timber, Article text
    The main house was built between 1814 and 1816 using slave labor, and is a one-story, 11 bay, linear, single-pile, Federal style, frame manor house.
  • In Style: Federal Architecture, Infobox: architecture
    Federal
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2. Pharsalia (Tyro, Virginia) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Virginia, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Virginia, United States
Wikidata item Q14713055, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
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