Prestwould is a historic plantation house near Clarksville in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, built in 1795 for Sir Peyton Skipwith, 7th Baronet Skipwith, who moved his family there from his earlier Elm Hill Plantation in 1797. The stone main house has a hip roof, a pair of interior chimneys and a seven-bay facade whose gabled porch is carried on Doric columns, and the surrounding complex of eight outbuildings, mostly dating from the 1780s to the 1830s, includes slave quarters, smokehouses, an office and a plantation store. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2003, it has operated as a museum under the Prestwould Foundation since 1963.
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountVirginia, United States 2 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
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1. Prestwould (Wikipedia)
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Prestwould is a historic plantation house near Clarksville in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, built in 1795 for Sir Peyton Skipwith, 7th Baronet Skipwith, who moved his family there from his earlier Elm Hill Plantation in 1797. The stone main house has a hip roof, a pair of interior chimneys and a seven-bay facade whose gabled porch is carried on Doric columns, and the surrounding complex of eight outbuildings, mostly dating from the 1780s to the 1830s, includes slave quarters, smokehouses, an office and a plantation store. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2003, it has operated as a museum under the Prestwould Foundation since 1963.
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completion_date/completed = 1795
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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 R
In Style: Georgian Architecture, Wikipedia categories
Category:Georgian architecture in Virginia
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The stone house features a hip roof and a pair of interior chimneys.
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Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Virginia, United StatesQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Virginia, United States
Wikidata item Q7242086, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
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