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The Slate Hill Plantation is a historic Southern plantation in Prince Edward County, Virginia. In the Antebellum South, it was used to grow tobacco. The decision to establish Hampden–Sydney College was made here in 1775, although its campus is located two miles North. "The Birthplace" (circa 1750) — outbuilding in which H–SC was founded.
Woodburn, also known as Woodbourne, is a historic plantation house located near Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia. The house was built about 1815 by John Tyler , who later served as tenth President of the United States.
William Mason had run the plantation during his elder brother George Mason V's European trip before the manor house's construction. Non-family managers had operated the Lexington plantation on behalf of the Mason descendants until they came of age, later on behalf of Mason family members who chose to live elsewhere.
Providence Plantation and Farm, also known as Fogg House and Farm, is a historic plantation house located near Newtown in King and Queen County, Virginia.The two story, 3-bay Federal style brick main house was built about 1826, and expanded circa 1840.
The eldest son of prominent planter and burgess Charles Carter was born on October 15, 1732. The exact location of his birth is unknown, because his father owned several plantations ind different counties of the region now known as Virginia's Northern Neck, and Cleve plantation (for which his father was known and resided for many years) was only built in 1754, presumably after this boy's ...
Many former plantations became residential developments and/or industrial parks, but archeological research conducted first. Colonial Williamsburg's renowned archeologist Ivor Noël Hume excavated the Denbigh Plantation Site during the 1960s. His findings revealed much about early domestic life in the Virginia colony.
The plantation remained in the Allen family for over two centuries. The house survives with many alterations. Brandon Plantation is located on the south shore of the James River in Prince George County, Virginia. The 5,000-acre (20 km 2) plantation is a working farm and is one of the longest-running agricultural enterprises in the United States.
Four Mile Tree is the name of a plantation near Jamestown, Virginia that once encompassed two thousand acres (8 km 2), it was situated on the south bank of the James River opposite Jamestown, four miles (6 km) further north. On a hill near the water's edge a handsome old house overlooks the river.