Falkland is a historic
plantation house
A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and e ...
located at
Redd Shop,
Prince Edward County, Virginia
Prince Edward County is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,849. Its county seat is Farmville.
History
Formation and county seats
Prince Edward County was formed in the Virginia Colony in ...
. It was built about 1750, and the frame dwelling consists of a two-story, four bay, central block with one-story flanking wings. It has a
hall-and-parlor plan. A two-story, two bay frame rear ell was added in the 1850s.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1979.[
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References
Plantation houses in Virginia
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Houses completed in 1815
Houses in Prince Edward County, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Prince Edward County, Virginia
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