Brickland

Brickland
Location 6877 Brickland Rd., Kenbridge, Virginia
Coordinates 36°52′53″N 78°05′18″W / 36.88139°N 78.08833°W / 36.88139; -78.08833Coordinates: 36°52′53″N 78°05′18″W / 36.88139°N 78.08833°W / 36.88139; -78.08833
Area 25 acres (10 ha)
Built 1818 (1818), c. 1822
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 05000524[1]
VLR # 055-0002
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 1, 2005
Designated VLR March 16, 2005[2]

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]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 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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