Built 1844 (1844)-1846 NRHP Reference # 79003075 Area 30 ha | Built by Powers, James Leake VLR # 078-0003 Added to NRHP 28 December 1979 | |
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Location Northeast of Washington on VA 729, near Washington, Virginia Part of Ben Venue Rural Historic District (#15001042) | ||
Ben Venue is a historic home and farm located near Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia. The main house was built between 1844 and 1846, and is a three-story, five bay, brick dwelling with a side gable roof and parapets. It features a one-story porch that covers the central three bays; it has four Doric order columns supporting a bracketed entablature. The property also includes three brick slave cabins, the original Fletcher homestead, kitchen, smokehouse, privy, and a formal garden.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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