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This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes. Sweet Tomatoes, operating as Souplantation ( / ˌsuːplænˈteɪʃən / SOO-plan-TAY-shən) in southern California, is a United States –based chain of all-you-can-eat buffet -style restaurants. The first location opened in 1978 in San Diego, California, where the company was headquartered.
Shirley Plantation is an estate on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia. It is located on scenic byway State Route 5, between Richmond and Williamsburg. It is the oldest active plantation in Virginia and the oldest family-owned business in North America, dating back to 1614, with operations starting in 1648. [4]
Varina Farms. / 37.38167°N 77.33583°W / 37.38167; -77.33583. Varina Farms, also known as Varina Plantation or Varina Farms Plantation or Varina on the James, is a plantation established in the 17th century on the James River about 10 miles (16 km) south of Richmond, Virginia. [3] An 820-acre (330 ha) property was listed on the ...
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.
Carter's Grove, also known as Carter's Grove Plantation, is a 750-acre (300 ha) plantation located on the north shore of the James River in the Grove Community of southeastern James City County in the Virginia Peninsula area of the Hampton Roads region of Virginia in the United States . The plantation was built for Carter Burwell, grandson of ...
Berkeley Plantation was originally called Berkeley Hundred, named after the Berkeley Company of England. In 1726, it became the home of the Harrison family of Virginia, after Benjamin Harrison IV located there and built one of the first three-story brick mansions in Virginia. It is the ancestral home of two presidents of the United States ...
Clifton is a historic plantation house located near Hamilton, Cumberland County, Virginia. It was built about 1760, and is a two-story, seven-bay frame dwelling in the Georgian style. It has a hipped roof and a one-bay, one-story wing on the west end. The front facade features a three-bay, one-story gable roof porch supported by elongated ...