Brandon Plantation is a historic plantation home located near

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. The main house is a two-part, frame vernacular farmhouse. The earliest section of the farmhouse is a single-pile, three-bay, gable-roof dwelling erected about 1800. Attached to the east end is a two-bay section added about 1842. The interior features details attributed to

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, a well-known African-American cabinetmaker from

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. The farmhouse underwent an extensive remodeling and modernization in the early 1960s but preserves a significant degree of architectural integrity. Also on the property are a contributing frame kitchen / slave quarter outbuilding, an early stone-lined well, and the sites of early agricultural outbuildings. an
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in 1996.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Greek Revival houses in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1842 National Register of Historic Places in Halifax County, Virginia Houses in Halifax County, Virginia {{HalifaxCountyVA-NRHP-stub