Built by Gilchrist, Robert NRHP Reference # 94000791 Area 2 ha | VLR # 284-0015 Added to NRHP 29 July 1994 | |
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Built c. 1740 (1740)-1747, 1823, 1857 | ||
Townfield, or Robert Gilchrist House, is a historic home located at Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia. The original section was built between 1740 and 1747, and is a 1 1/2-story, central passage plan frame dwelling in the Georgian style. It has a gable roof and dining room and a projecting pavilion addition built in 1823. Attached to the original house is a two-story, gable-roofed, Federal hall-and-parlor-plan addition, constructed in 1857 at a right angle to the dining room. This forms the stem of the overall "L" plan. Also on the property is a contributing family cemetery.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It is located in the Port Royal Historic District
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