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Carter Hall (Millwood, Virginia)

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Carter Hall is a historic plantation house estate northeast of Millwood in the lower Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, built from 1792 to around 1800 for Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Burwell with help from former general Daniel Morgan. The limestone Georgian mansion has a large portico traditionally attributed to Capitol architect William Thornton, expansive lawns and terraced gardens laid out in 1948, and it served as Stonewall Jackson's headquarters in the fall of 1862 and later hosted Founding Father Edmund Randolph in retirement. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register, the estate was acquired in 1978 by Project Hope, which has used it as a conference center.

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Plantation 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Virginia, United States 2
Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1792 1
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Plantation 2
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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Source Carter Hall (Millwood, Virginia) (Wikipedia)

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1. Carter Hall (Millwood, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Carter Hall is a historic plantation house estate northeast of Millwood in the lower Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, built from 1792 to around 1800 for Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Burwell with help from former general Daniel Morgan. The limestone Georgian mansion has a large portico traditionally attributed to Capitol architect William Thornton, expansive lawns and terraced gardens laid out in 1948, and it served as Stonewall Jackson's headquarters in the fall of 1862 and later hosted Founding Father Edmund Randolph in retirement. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register, the estate was acquired in 1978 by Project Hope, which has used it as a conference center.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field
    completion_date/completed = 1792
  • In Style: Georgian Architecture, Infobox, architecture
    architecture: Georgian
  • Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
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2. Carter Hall (Millwood, Virginia) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Plantation)
    Wikidata item Q5047164, instance of (P31): plantation
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Virginia, United States
    Wikidata item Q5047164, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
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