Windsor Shades
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Windsor Shades | |
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Windsor Shade, HABS Photo | |
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| Location | SW of Sweet Hall off VA 30, Sweet Hall, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°34′13″N 76°54′35″W / 37.57028°N 76.90972°WCoordinates: 37°34′13″N 76°54′35″W / 37.57028°N 76.90972°W |
| Area | 14 acres (5.7 ha) |
| Built | 1785-1794 |
| NRHP Reference # | 78003025 [1] |
| VLR # | 050-0070 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 22, 1978 |
| Designated VLR | December 21, 1976[2] |
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Windsor Shades — also known as Ruffin's Ferry and Waterville — is a historic home located near Sweet Hall, King William County, Virginia. It was built about 1785, and is a 1 1/2-story, five-bay, gambrel-roofed, frame structure covered with beaded weatherboards and set on a low, English-bond brick basement. Located on the Pamunkey River, this home was at one time called "Waterville" by the owners. The house was completed in 1794 by James Ruffin. The house features massive Flemish bond brick double-stack chimneys at either end.[3][4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
In 1897 a piece of pig iron was recorded as a possession with a provenance traced to George Washington's father Augustine.[4]
There are ruins of an older residence, with a preserved brick dated to 1600, at this same location.[4]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (December 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Windsor Shades" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- 1 2 3 Clarke, Peyton Neale (1897). Old King William Homes and Families. Baltimore: Regional Publishing Company. pp. 23–24.
External links
- Windsor Shade, Pamunkey River, Johnson Landing, King William County, VA: 1 photo at Historic American Buildings Survey
