Powhatan (Five Forks, Virginia)

	Powhatan
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Virginia Landmarks Register
	Powhatan, HABS Photo
Location	N of jct. of Rtes. 615 and 5, near Five Forks, Virginia
Coordinates	37°15′47″N 76°46′08″W / 37.26306°N 76.76889°W
Area	250 acres (100 ha)
Built	c. 1750
Architect	Taliaferro, Richard
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	70000803
VLR No.	047-0016
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 15, 1970
Designated VLR	June 7, 1970

Powhatan is a historic home located near Five Forks, James City County, Virginia. The house was designed by its owner Richard Taliaferro (c. 1705–1779) and built about 1750. It is a two-story, five bay by two bay Georgian style brick dwelling. It has a hipped roof with dormers and features two massive interior end T-shaped chimneys. The house was gutted by fire during the American Civil War. It was thoroughly restored in 1948.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.^[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 5 June 2013.
^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (April 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Powhatan" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

External links

Powhatan, Powhatan Creek, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA: 1 photo, 1 measured drawing, and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[register-2] "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

[vaNRHPnom-3] Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (April 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Powhatan" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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