Built 1798 (1798) NRHP Reference # 72001378 Designated VLR April 18, 1972 Area 65 ha Added to NRHP 3 November 1972 | Built by Wellford, Robert VLR # 001-0050 Opened 1798 | |
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Location 0.7 mi. NE of jct. of VA 762 and 679, Mappsville, Virginia | ||
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Wharton Place is a historic home located at Mappsville, Accomack County, Virginia. It was built in 1798, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Federal style. It has a one-story brick kitchen wing. It has a deck-on-hip roof and projecting interior chimneys. Also on the property is a contributing frame smokehouse. The house was built by John Wharton (1762-1811), a prosperous maritime merchant and native of Accomack County.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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