The Fighting Creek Plantation is a historic plantation house at 1811 Mill Quarter Road in Powhatan, Virginia. It is one of a few surviving mid-19th century plantation houses in the state. The two story stucco manor house was built c. 1841, supposedly to a design by New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis. It was built for John Brockenbrough Harvie and his wife as the main house of their nearly 1,700-acre (690 ha) plantation. The property now associated with the house has been reduced to just 4.3 acres (1.7 ha). Its main facade features a two-story portico with square Doric columns, topped by a pedimented gable. On each level under the portico there is a door, with round-arch windows flanking it on either side.[3]
Fighting Creek Plantation | |
 Road entrance, 2018 | |
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| Location | 1811 Mill Quarter Road, Powhatan, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°31′06″N 77°54′48″W / 37.51833°N 77.91333°W |
| Area | 4.3 acres (1.7 ha) |
| Built | 1841 |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 13000890[1] |
| VLR No. | 072-0015 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 3, 2013 |
| Designated VLR | September 19, 2013[2] |
The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]
See also
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edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Fighting Creek Plantation" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-03-02.