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Stirling (Massaponax, Virginia)

Coordinates: 38°10′51″N 77°30′20″W / 38.18083°N 77.50556°W / 38.18083; -77.50556
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Stirling
Stirling (Massaponax, Virginia) is located in Northern Virginia
Stirling (Massaponax, Virginia)
Stirling (Massaponax, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Stirling (Massaponax, Virginia)
Stirling (Massaponax, Virginia) is located in the United States
Stirling (Massaponax, Virginia)
LocationCounty Route 607 at I-95, near Massaponax, Virginia
Coordinates38°10′51″N 77°30′20″W / 38.18083°N 77.50556°W / 38.18083; -77.50556
Area13.8 acres (5.6 ha)
Built1858 (1858)-1860, 1912
Built byHolladay, John; Holladay, Tavener W.
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.89000366[1]
VLR No.088-0066
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 5, 1989
Designated VLRFebruary 16, 1988[2]

Stirling, also known as Stirling Plantation, is a historic plantation house located near Massaponax, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. It was built between 1858 and 1860, and is a 2+12-story, five-bay, brick Greek Revival and Federal dwelling. It measures 56 feet by 36 feet, and has a hipped roof and four interior end chimneys. It sits on a raised basement and features entrance porches added about 1912. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen dependency, smokehouse, family cemetery, and the undisturbed archaeological sites of a weaving house and three slave cabins.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[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 June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ W. Brown Morton III (January 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Stirling" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo