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On a ridge overlooking the Potomac River in King George County, Eagle’s Nest is the ancestral home of the Fitzhugh

The unpretentious frame dwelling of Cleydael was built in 1859 as a summer retreat in King George County for Dr.

Woodford is an example of Virginia’s transitional vernacular architecture, combining features of the simple cottages of early colonial times with

Robert (“King”) Carter’s three sons each built a Georgian mansion on a plantation given to them by their father. Of

Many of Virginia’s colonial courthouses had arcaded fronts, but the Richmond County Courthouse was built with the unusual scheme of

Dramatically set on a ridge above the broad bottomlands and marshes of the Rappahannock River in Richmond County, the five-part,

Menokin was the home of Francis Lightfoot Lee, colonial statesman and patriot, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

A recent dendrochronological study has determined that the earliest portion of this vernacular farmhouse was erected in 1760, making the

The compact plantation house of Indian Banks stands on land in Richmond County patented by Thomas Glascock in 1652. Traditionally

Proudly placed atop a high ridge with a sweeping view of the Rappahannock River Valley, Grove Mount was built ca