Pop Castle
Pop Castle | |
 Property entrance | |
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| Location | VA 659 on the Rappahannock River, near White Stone, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°38′28″N 76°25′32″W / 37.64111°N 76.42556°W |
| Area | 12.1 acres (4.9 ha) |
| Built | 1855 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 89000505[1] |
| VLR No. | 051-0075 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 16, 1989 |
| Designated VLR | December 13, 1988[2] |
Pop Castle is a historic plantation house located near White Stone, Lancaster County, Virginia. It was built in 1855, and is a two-story, five-bay, gable roofed frame dwelling with Greek Revival style details. It has a single pile, central passage plan and two exterior end chimneys. It rests partly on the foundations of an 18th-century dwelling. Also on the property are the contributing antebellum granary and a roughly contemporary smokehouse. The property also includes the archaeological remains of most related service structures.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Camille Wells (November 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pop Castle" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
Categories:
- Plantation houses in Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Greek Revival houses in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1855
- Houses in Lancaster County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster County, Virginia
- 1855 establishments in Virginia
- Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Lancaster County, Virginia, geography stubs