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Mount Bernard Complex

Coordinates: 37°39′21″N 77°51′38″W / 37.65583°N 77.86056°W / 37.65583; -77.86056
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Mount Bernard Complex
Property entrance with outbuilding
Mount Bernard Complex is located in Virginia
Mount Bernard Complex
Mount Bernard Complex is located in the United States
Mount Bernard Complex
LocationVA 6, 2371 River Rd. W, near Maidens, Virginia
Coordinates37°39′21″N 77°51′38″W / 37.65583°N 77.86056°W / 37.65583; -77.86056
Area58.3 acres (23.6 ha)
Builtc. 1850 (1850)
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.04001537[1]
VLR No.037-0038
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 20, 2005
Designated VLRDecember 1, 2004[2]

Mount Bernard Complex, also known as Lightfoot's Beaverdam Plantation and Kameschatka, is a historic plantation house and farm complex located near Maidens, Goochland County, Virginia. The main dwelling was built about 1850, and consists of a central gabled pavilion is flanked by subsidiary wings. It sits on a stone foundation dating to the 18th century. The house was altered in the 1920s in the Classical Revival style. Additions in the 1920s and 1940s to the sides and rear have subsequently turned the original T-shaped plan into a rectangle. Also on the property are the contributing two secondary dwellings, a slave quarters / kitchen, an ice house and cool chamber, a large barn / stable, two smaller stables, a corn crib, an equipment shelter, and a well house.[3]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Jean McRae (August–September 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Bernard Complex" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos