Built 1835 (1835) NRHP Reference # 92000020 Designated VLR February 20, 1992 Area 4.419 km² | Architectural style Greek Revival, Federal VLR # 048-0018 Opened 1835 Added to NRHP 20 February 1992 | |
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Location Jct. of VA 607 and VA 610, King George, Virginia | ||
Powhatan Rural Historic District, formerly "Powhatan Plantation" and before that "Hopyard Plantation", is a national historic district located near King George, King George County, Virginia. It encompasses 15 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures in a rural area near King George. The district represents a significant reassemblage of the land holdings of Edward Thornton Tayloe, a member of the U.S. diplomatic service under Joel Roberts Poinsett, in the mid-19th century and one of Virginia's most affluent planters of that era; who inherited it from his father John Tayloe III, who built The Octagon House in Washington DC, and it was known then as 'Hopyard,' he inherited it from his father John Tayloe II who built the grand colonial estate Mount Airy. It contains three distinct historic residential farm clusters as well as two post-1950 stable complexes and several other auxiliary residential and agricultural buildings. The main house, known as Powhatan, is sited prominently on a ridge overlooking the Rappahannock River valley.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.