Foster's Castle is a historic plantation house near Tunstall, in New Kent County, Virginia, built about 1685 as a one and a half story, T shaped brick building with a two story central projection at the front. Its builder, Colonel Joseph Foster, was a vestryman and supervisor of construction at St. Peter's Church, and the house is similar to the neighboring house Criss Cross. It was raised to a full two stories under a low pitched roof in 1873. 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 LocationSourced to the subject's own accountVirginia, United States 2 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Building Type
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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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1. Foster's Castle (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster's_Castle, lead definition
Foster's Castle is a historic plantation house located near Tunstall, New Kent County, Virginia.
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Foster's Castle is a historic plantation house near Tunstall, in New Kent County, Virginia, built about 1685 as a one and a half story, T shaped brick building with a two story central projection at the front. Its builder, Colonel Joseph Foster, was a vestryman and supervisor of construction at St. Peter's Church, and the house is similar to the neighboring house Criss Cross. It was raised to a full two stories under a low pitched roof in 1873.
Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Plantation house)
Foster's Castle is a historic plantation house located near Tunstall, New Kent County, Virginia. It was built about 1685, as a 1+1⁄2-story, T-shaped brick building, with a two-story central projection at the front. The house is similar to neighboring Criss Cross. It was raised to a full two stories with a low pitched roof in 1873. Its builder, Colonel Joseph Foster, was a vestryman and supervisor
In Style: American Colonial Architecture, Infobox, architecture
architecture: Colonial, Tudor-Stuart
Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia categories
Category:Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
View the Source2. Foster's Castle (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1873)
Wikidata item Q14712331, property P571: 1873
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 373865): Virginia, United States
Wikidata item Q14712331, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
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