Upper Weyanoke

Upper Weyanoke
Upper Weyanoke is located in Virginia
Upper Weyanoke
Upper Weyanoke is located in the United States
Upper Weyanoke
LocationS. of Charles City on VA 619, Charles City, Virginia
Coordinates37°17′54″N 77°04′25″W / 37.29833°N 77.07361°W / 37.29833; -77.07361
Area110 acres (45 ha)
Built1815 (1815), 1858-1859
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.80004441[1]
VLR No.018-0014
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 9, 1980
Designated VLRSeptember 16, 1980[2]

Upper Weyanoke is a historic plantation house close to Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia. The property contains a one-and-a-half-story cottage built in about 1815, and a larger two-story Greek Revival style residence erected in 1858–59. The cottage was probably built by John Minge as a two-room dependency to a now-vanished main dwelling. The main house was built for Robert Douthat, and is a two-story brick dwelling with a side-hall plan typically utilized in urban homes, rather than rural plantation houses.[3]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  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. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (September 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Upper Weyanoke" (PDF). and Accompanying photo