Built 1745 (1745)-1772 VLR # 091-0031 Area 20 ha Added to NRHP 7 April 1995 | NRHP Reference # 95000396 Designated VLR April 28, 1995 Architectural style Georgian architecture | |
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Location VA 632, S of jct. with VA 608, near Waverly, Virginia | ||
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Hunting Quarter is a historic plantation house located near Waverly, Sussex County, Virginia. The main house was built between 1745 and 1772, and is a 1 1/2-story, five bay, single pile, center hall, frame dwelling. It has a gambrel roof with dormers and exterior end chimneys. Attached to the main section is a rear ell added in 1887, and two small porches added in the 20th century. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse, the sites of four outbuildings, the Harrison family cemetery, and a slave cemetery. Hunting Quarter was built by Captain Henry Harrison (c. 1736 – 1772), son of Benjamin Harrison IV of Berkeley. During the French and Indian War, Captain Harrison was stationed at Fort Duquesne, he served as a captain under Major General Edward Braddock and later under Lieutenant Colonel George Washington. Captain Harrison was a brother of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence. According to tradition, a walking cane that belonged to US President William Henry Harrison, a nephew of the builder, once hung over one of the mantels in the house. "Hunting Quarter" remained in the Harrison family until 1887.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.