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Shepherd's Plain

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Built
  
c. 1765 (1765)

VLR #
  
001-0032

Area
  
19 ha

Added to NRHP
  
28 June 1982

NRHP Reference #
  
82004531

Designated VLR
  
October 21, 1980

Architectural style
  
Georgian architecture

Shepherd's Plain

Location
  
W of Pungoteague, near Pungoteague, Virginia

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Shepherd's Plain, also known as Melrose, is a historic home located near Pungoteague, Accomack County, Virginia. It was built between 1755 and 1775, and is a two-story, five bay rectangular Georgian-style dwelling with brick ends with interior end chimneys and frame fronts. It measures 39 feet by 54 feet, and has a gable roof. The interior has a central passage plan and features notable paneling in the formal parlor. It was built for Edward Ker, a prominent Accomack County planter and politician.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

Shepherd's Plain Wikipedia