Wharton Place
Appearance
Wharton Place | |
Location | 0.7 mi. NE of jct. of VA 762 and 679, Mappsville, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°50′51″N 75°31′58″W / 37.84750°N 75.53278°W |
Area | 160 acres (65 ha) |
Built | 1798 |
Built by | Wellford, Robert |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 72001378[1] |
VLR No. | 001-0050 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 3, 1972 |
Designated VLR | April 18, 1972[2] |
Wharton Place is a historic home located at Mappsville, Accomack County, Virginia. It was built in 1798, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Federal style. It has a one-story brick kitchen wing. It has a deck-on-hip roof and projecting interior chimneys. Also on the property is a contributing frame smokehouse. The house was built by John Wharton (1762-1811), a prosperous maritime merchant and native of Accomack County.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (March 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wharton Place" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
External links
- Wharton Place, Assawaman Creek vicinity, Mappsville, Accomack County, VA: 2 photos and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
Categories:
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Federal architecture in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1798
- National Register of Historic Places in Accomack County, Virginia
- Houses in Accomack County, Virginia
- 1798 establishments in Virginia
- Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Accomack County, Virginia, geography stubs