Brandon-on-the-Dan is a historic estate at 1072 Calvary Road ( Virginia State Route 119), overlooking the

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in rural southwestern

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. The estate includes an early log house, and a c. 1855 Greek Revival wood-frame main house that received an extensive Craftsman-style alteration in 1915 by

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African American master craftsman Thomas Day. The property also includes a large African American cemetery, and a log tobacco barn; the latter is distinctive as an example of modern log construction. The name Brandon-on-the-Dan was applied in relatively recent times, to avoid confusion with Brandon Plantation, which was owned by another branch of the same family. Brandon-on-the-Dan was listed on the

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in 2017. It is also on the Virginia Department of Historic Resources list of historic

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sites in Virginia.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Greek Revival architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1839 Houses in Halifax County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Halifax County, Virginia Historic districts in Virginia {{HalifaxCountyVA-NRHP-stub

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