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Powhatan (Five Forks, Virginia)

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Built
  
c. 1750 (1750)

VLR #
  
047-0016

Area
  
101 ha

Added to NRHP
  
15 September 1970

NRHP Reference #
  
70000803

Designated VLR
  
June 7, 1970

Architectural style
  
Georgian architecture

Powhatan (Five Forks, Virginia)

Location
  
N of jct. of Rtes. 615 and 5, near Five Forks, Virginia

Powhatan is a historic home located near Five Forks, James City County, Virginia. The house was designed by its owner Richard Taliaferro (c. 1705–1779) and built about 1750. It is a two-story, five bay by two bay Georgian style brick dwelling. It has a hipped roof with dormers and features two massive interior end T-shaped chimneys. The house was gutted by fire during the American Civil War. It was thoroughly restored in 1948.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

References

Powhatan (Five Forks, Virginia) Wikipedia