Indian Banks is a historic home and
archaeological site
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located near
Simonson,
Richmond County, Virginia
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. It was built in 1699, and is a two-story, five-bay,
Colonial
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era brick dwelling with a hipped roof and interior end chimneys. The front facade features bricks that are molded or carved into a wavy pattern. A one-story wing was added in 1975. The original Indian Banks was built in 1699 on the site of a Moraughtacund Indian village visited by Captain
John Smith (1580–1631), in 1608, but the name, Indian Banks, was not recorded until 1822.
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1980.
References
External links
Indian Banks, State Route 606, Tidewater, Richmond, VA 7 photos and 2 data pages at
Historic American Buildings Survey
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Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Houses completed in 1728
Colonial architecture in Virginia
Houses in Richmond County, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Richmond County, Virginia
1728 establishments in Virginia
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