Guilford (White Post, Virginia)
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Guilford is a historic plantation house and a farm located near White Post, Clarke County, Virginia. It was built between 1812 and 1820, and is a two-story, nearly square, brick dwelling with a hipped roof in the Greek Revival style. The front facade features a full-height, three-bay, pedimented
portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...
with monumental Greek
Ionic order The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite or ...
columns. Also on the property is a contributing brick slave's quarters. an
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/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.


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Plantation houses in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Clarke County, Virginia Greek Revival houses in Virginia Houses completed in 1820 Houses in Clarke County, Virginia {{ClarkeCountyVA-NRHP-stub