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Jerdone Castle

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Jerdone Castle is a plantation near Bumpass in Louisa County, Virginia, whose oldest section was built around 1742 by Francis Jerdone and whose main residence was substantially expanded in 1853 for his descendant Sarah Jerdone Coleman and her husband, General Clayton G. Coleman. The house displays Italianate features including a bracketed cornice and a cupola, and the estate, originally 1,100 acres, now covers 175 acres after part of it was submerged beneath Lake Anna. A Virginia Historic Landmark added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, it was visited overnight by George Washington in 1791 and later spent childhood summers hosting novelist Ellen Glasgow, who credited the place with inspiring her writing.

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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Plantation 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Virginia, United States 2
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Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Plantation 1
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1. Jerdone Castle (Wikipedia)
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  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Jerdone Castle is a plantation near Bumpass in Louisa County, Virginia, whose oldest section was built around 1742 by Francis Jerdone and whose main residence was substantially expanded in 1853 for his descendant Sarah Jerdone Coleman and her husband, General Clayton G. Coleman. The house displays Italianate features including a bracketed cornice and a cupola, and the estate, originally 1,100 acres, now covers 175 acres after part of it was submerged beneath Lake Anna. A Virginia Historic Landmark added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, it was visited overnight by George Washington in 1791 and later spent childhood summers hosting novelist Ellen Glasgow, who credited the place with inspiring her writing.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field
    Jerdone Castle is a plantation located in Bumpass, Louisa County, Virginia, originally established c. 1742. Jerdone Castle is a Virginia Historic Landmark and registered on the U.S. National Register of Historical Places. Originally 1,100 acres (450 ha), much of the plantation's original land is submerged under Lake Anna. The estate currently contains 175 acres (71 ha).
  • In Style: Italianate Architecture, Infobox, architecture
    architecture: Italianate
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2. Jerdone Castle (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 Q6180620, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
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