Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia

E171970

Shirley Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia, is one of the oldest and most historically significant plantation estates in the United States, known for its early 18th-century architecture and continuous operation by the same family for generations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic house ⓘ
plantation ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Georgian architecture ⓘ
constructedIn early 18th century ⓘ
constructionStart circa 1723 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country USA ⓘ
United States ⓘ
hasArchitecturalFeature Flemish bond brickwork ⓘ
dependencies ⓘ
great house ⓘ
hipped roof ⓘ
outbuildings ⓘ
palladian windows ⓘ
terraced gardens ⓘ
wharf on James River ⓘ
hasFeature barns ⓘ
family cemetery ⓘ
icehouse ⓘ
kitchen outbuilding ⓘ
riverfront views ⓘ
smokehouse ⓘ
hasHistoricalEra American Civil War period ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War

Antebellum South ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period

Colonial America ⓘ
hasHistoricDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
laterOwner Carter family ⓘ
Hill family ⓘ
locatedBetween Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Williamsburg, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Williamsburg
locatedIn Charles City County, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
locatedOn James River ⓘ
mainHouseCompletion circa 1738 ⓘ
near Berkeley Plantation ⓘ
Jamestown, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Jamestown

Westover Plantation ⓘ
NHLDesignationDate 1960s ⓘ
notableFor being one of the oldest plantations in Virginia ⓘ
continuous ownership by same family for generations ⓘ
early 18th-century Georgian mansion ⓘ
role in American Civil War ⓘ
role in colonial Virginia history ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 1969 ⓘ
offers grounds tours ⓘ
guided tours ⓘ
house tours ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
originalLandGrantBy Virginia Company of London ⓘ
originalLandGrantDate 1613 ⓘ
originalOwner Sir Thomas West, Lord De La Warr ⓘ
ownedByFamily Hill-Carter family ⓘ
region Tidewater Virginia ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
usedEnslavedLabor yes ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
tobacco cultivation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anne Hill Carter Lee → placeOfBirth → Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia ⓘ
Anne Hill Carter Lee → residence → Shirley Plantation, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia
Charles Carter of Shirley → notableResidence → Shirley Plantation on the James River ⓘ
linked to: Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia