Brickland

Brickland is a historic plantation house located near Kenbridge, Lunenburg County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1818, with an addition built about 1822, and rear addition in 1920. It is a 2 1/2-story, eight bay, brick dwelling in the Federal style. The front facade features a gable-roof porch with paired Tuscan order columns. Also on the property are the contributing pump house, smokehouse (c. 1820), Lunenburg County's first post office (c. 1900), a summer kitchen (c. 1820), barns, a chicken house, and the ruins of slave quarters and an ice house.[3]

Brickland
Roadside view
Location6877 Brickland Rd., Kenbridge, Virginia
Coordinates36°52′53″N 78°05′18″W
Area25 acres (10 ha)
Built1818 (1818), c. 1822
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.05000524[1]
VLR No.055-0002
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 1, 2005
Designated VLRMarch 16, 2005[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. John B. Greene (December 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brickland" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
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