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Blandfield
Blandfield is a historic Plantation house in the Southern United States, plantation house located at Caret, Virginia, Caret, Essex County, Virginia. It was built about 1716–1720, and is a brick dwelling consisting of a two-story, central block with flanking two-story dependencies connected by one-story hyphens in the Georgian architecture, Georgian style. Blandfield was built for William Beverley (1696–1756), son of Virginia's first native-born historian, Robert Beverley, Jr. (c. 1673–1722). The house is one of the largest colonial plantation mansions in Virginia, and as of 1969, was still in the Beverley family. an''Accompanying photo''/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. References External links * Blandfield, U.S. Route 17 & State Route 624, Caret, Essex County, VA 109 photos, 21 measured drawings, and 6 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey Blandfield, Smokehouse, Caret, Essex County, VA 3 photos and 1 photo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Beverley
William Beverley (1696–1756) was an 18th-century legislator, civil servant, planter and landowner in the Colony of Virginia. Born in Virginia, Beverley—the son of planter and historian Robert Beverley, Jr. (c. 1667–1722) and his wife, Ursula Byrd Beverley (1681–1698)—was the scion of two prominent Virginia families. He was the nephew of Peter Beverley (1668–1728), Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses, and the grandson of wealthy Virginia planter William Byrd I (1652–1704) of Westover Plantation. Beverley's mother died shortly before her 17th birthday (when he was a toddler), and he was sent to England. After his education in England he began a career in public service as the Clerk of Court for Essex County (1716–1745) and in the Virginia House of Burgesses, representing Orange (1736–1738) and Essex Counties (1742–1749). Beverley also served on the Virginia Governor's Council in 1750. He inherited a large estate after his father's death in 1722, amassi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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