Newington Archaeological Site is a historic
plantation and
archaeological site located at
King and Queen Courthouse,
King and Queen County, Virginia. It was the birthplace and childhood home of
Founding Father Carter Braxton
Carter Braxton (September 10, 1736October 10, 1797) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, a merchant, planter, a Founding Father of the United States and a Virginia politician. A grandson of Robert "King" Carter, one of ...
, a signatory of the
Declaration of Independence. Both the original plantation and its reconstruction had burnt down by the first decade of the 20th century. The property contains both archaeological ruins and surviving landscape elements from the former 18th century plantation. While a stone building is the only above ground 18th century structure remaining, among other ruins, the location of the
plantation mansion, two outbuilding foundations, and two cellars have been identified. The existing landscape elements include a cemetery, historic road, and the terraces of a falling garden. The property also contains Native American deposits associated mostly with the
Woodland period
In the classification of :category:Archaeological cultures of North America, archaeological cultures of North America, the Woodland period of North American pre-Columbian cultures spanned a period from roughly 1000 Common Era, BCE to European con ...
(1200 BC – AD 1600).
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
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References
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Plantations in Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in King and Queen County, Virginia
Homes of United States Founding Fathers
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