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Chester Plantation

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Chester Plantation is a historic mansion at 8401 Golf Course Drive in Disputanta, Prince George County, Virginia, its central section built around 1845 as a two-story, single-pile, center-hall-plan Greek Revival frame dwelling by Colonel Williamson Simmons, with a two-story, full-width porch carried on full-height Doric columns. A rear wing was added in 1854 and Colonial Revival wings were added in 1949 under Petersburg businessman Remmie L. Arnold, and the property's contributing outbuildings include an icehouse and well house from the 1840s. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, the house is now part of the Prince George Country Club Estates and Golf Course and operates as a restaurant and country inn. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Building Type
Plantation House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Prince George County, United States 2
Completed Year
1845 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
Building Type (category)
Plantation 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
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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.

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 Chester Plantation (Wikipedia)
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1. Chester Plantation (Wikipedia)
  • infobox field: built=1845
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Chester Plantation is a historic mansion at 8401 Golf Course Drive in Disputanta, Prince George County, Virginia, its central section built around 1845 as a two-story, single-pile, center-hall-plan Greek Revival frame dwelling by Colonel Williamson Simmons, with a two-story, full-width porch carried on full-height Doric columns. A rear wing was added in 1854 and Colonial Revival wings were added in 1949 under Petersburg businessman Remmie L. Arnold, and the property's contributing outbuildings include an icehouse and well house from the 1840s. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, the house is now part of the Prince George Country Club Estates and Golf Course and operates as a restaurant and country inn.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Plantation house)
    Chester Plantation is a historic plantation house located at Disputanta, Prince George County, Virginia. The central section of the mansion was built circa 1845, as a two-story, single-pile, center hall-plan, Greek Revival style frame dwelling by Colonel Williamson Simmons. Chester remained in the Simmons family until 1918. The front facade features a two-story full-width porch, with full-height
  • In Style: Greek Revival Architecture, Infobox, architecture
    architecture: Greek Revival, Colonial Revival
  • In Style: Colonial Revival Architecture, Infobox, architecture
    architecture: Greek Revival, Colonial Revival
  • Uses Element: Timber, Wikipedia lead
    The central section of the mansion was built circa 1845, as a two-story, single-pile, center hall-plan, Greek Revival style frame dwelling by Colonel Williamson Simmons.
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2. Chester Plantation (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Prince George County, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Prince George County, United States
Wikidata item Q15209543, property P131/P17 (location): Prince George County, United States
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