Built c. 1781 (1781) VLR # 096-0003 Area 172 ha Added to NRHP 5 June 1975 | NRHP Reference # 75002042 Designated VLR February 18, 1975 Architectural style Georgian architecture | |
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Location N of Wakefield Corner off VA 204, near Wakefield Corner, Virginia | ||
Blenheim is a historic home located near Wakefield Corner, Westmoreland County, Virginia. It was built about 1781, and is a two-story, three bay, Late Georgian style brick dwelling. It has a gable roof and two-story, frame wing. The house was built by the Washington family to replace the original family house at Wakefield soon after it burned on Christmas Day, 1779. The house was built for William Augustine Washington, the son of George Washington's half-brother Augustine Washington II.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
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