Kingsland, also known as Richmond View, was 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 Chimney Corner,

Chesterfield County, Virginia Chesterfield County is located just south of Richmond, Virginia, Richmond in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. The county's borders are primarily defined by the James River to the north and the Appomattox River to the sout ...

. It was built about 1805, and consisted of a -story, frame structure with a rear ell. The main section measured 20 feet by 40 feet and the rear ell extended 55 feet. The house featured a center chimney. Also on the property was a contributing

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. an
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/ref> It was moved and reconstructed in 1994. It was listed on the

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in 1975.

References

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