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NRHP Reference #
  
80004167

Designated VLR
  
June 17, 1975

Added to NRHP
  
28 March 1980

VLR #
  
004-0005

Area
  
6 ha

Egglestetton

Location
  
Northwest of Chula, Chula, Virginia

15305 egglestetton court


Egglestetton is a historic plantation house located near Chula, Amelia County, Virginia. It was built about 1799, and is a 1 1/2-story, five bay, frame dwelling with a gambrel roof. It has a Central-passage plan and has beaded weatherboard siding. The house was extensively restored in 1972-1973. Also on the property is an early 19th-century kitchen. It was built for planter and Congressman Joseph Eggleston (1754-1811).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

Egglestetton Wikipedia