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North Bend Plantation

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North Bend Plantation is a Greek Revival house and estate on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia, on land first inhabited by the Weanoc people. Its original section was built in 1819 by John Minge, and Thomas Hamlin Willcox doubled its size in 1853, bringing the house to its present form by 1855, with details recalling the work of the architect Asher Benjamin. During the Civil War, in 1864, the plantation served as a headquarters for roughly 30,000 Union Army troops under Major General Philip Sheridan as they prepared to cross the James on a pontoon bridge, and the property has belonged to the Copland family since 1916. North Bend was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register in 1987 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, and its grounds remain open to visitors with guided house tours by appointment. 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
Location
Charles City County, Virginia, United States 1
Completed Year
1819 1
Original 1819 section enlarged in 1853 by Thomas Hamlin Willcox, with Greek Revival detailing added at that time.
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 North Bend Plantation (Wikipedia)
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1. North Bend Plantation (Wikipedia)
  • History section
    The original portion of the present house was built in 1819 by John Minge.
  • Lead section
    North Bend Plantation is an estate located on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia.
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    North Bend Plantation is a Greek Revival house and estate on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia, on land first inhabited by the Weanoc people. Its original section was built in 1819 by John Minge, and Thomas Hamlin Willcox doubled its size in 1853, bringing the house to its present form by 1855, with details recalling the work of the architect Asher Benjamin. During the Civil War, in 1864, the plantation served as a headquarters for roughly 30,000 Union Army troops under Major General Philip Sheridan as they prepared to cross the James on a pontoon bridge, and the property has belonged to the Copland family since 1916. North Bend was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register in 1987 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, and its grounds remain open to visitors with guided house tours by appointment.
  • In Style: Greek Revival Architecture, Infobox, architecture
    architecture: Greek Revival
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