Berkeley Plantation

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Berkeley Plantation is a historic 17th-century estate on the James River in Virginia, known as one of America’s oldest plantations and the site of several significant events in early U.S. history.

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Berkeley Plantation canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic house museum ⓘ
historic plantation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Berkeley Hundred ⓘ
Harrison’s Landing ⓘ
architecturalStyle Georgian ⓘ
associatedWithFamily Harrison family of Virginia ⓘ
associatedWithOfficeholder Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (family home of his grandfather) ⓘ
William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Daniel Butterfield ⓘ
George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan
birthplaceOf Benjamin Harrison V ⓘ
William Henry Harrison ⓘ
builtFor Berkeley Company of London ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentUse privately owned historic site open for tours ⓘ
established 1619 ⓘ
foundedAs Berkeley Hundred ⓘ
foundingCentury 17th century ⓘ
hasFeature formal gardens ⓘ
historic outbuildings ⓘ
riverfront lawn ⓘ
hasFunction museum ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
hasHistoricDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
hasStructure Georgian brick manor house ⓘ
hasUsePeriod American Civil War ⓘ
colonial era ⓘ
historicalEvent headquarters of Union General George B. McClellan during the Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
location of a 1619 thanksgiving observance by English settlers ⓘ
location where the bugle call “Taps” was first played during the American Civil War ⓘ
site of Civil War Union encampment at Harrison’s Landing ⓘ
site of early English settlement in Virginia ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Charles City County, Virginia ⓘ
locatedOn James River ⓘ
mainHouseCompletionDate circa 1726 ⓘ
namedAfter Richard Berkeley ⓘ
notableResident Benjamin Harrison IV ⓘ
Benjamin Harrison V ⓘ
Benjamin Harrison VI ⓘ
William Henry Harrison ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 1969 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 69000250 ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
originalOwnerFamily Harrison family ⓘ
partOf Tidewater Virginia ⓘ
region Virginia Peninsula ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
tourType guided tours ⓘ
self-guided grounds tours ⓘ

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

Shirley Plantation → near → Berkeley Plantation ⓘ
Charles City County, Virginia → hasHistoricSite → Berkeley Plantation ⓘ
Benjamin Harrison V → residence → Berkeley Plantation ⓘ
Benjamin Harrison V → placeOfBurial → Berkeley Plantation ⓘ
Varina → hasHistoricPlantationsNearby → Berkeley Plantation ⓘ
Harrison family → associatedWithEstate → Berkeley Plantation ⓘ
Harrison family of Virginia → ancestralHome → Berkeley Plantation ⓘ
William Henry Harrison → placeOfBirth → Berkeley Plantation ⓘ