Norwood is a historic
plantation house located near
Powhatan,
Powhatan County, Virginia. It was built in the 18th century and remodeled about 1835. It is a two-story, five bay,
Federal style brick dwelling with a hipped roof. The remodeling included the addition of flanking two-story wings and a two-story rear extension. The front facade features a sheltering porch with coupled
Ionic order
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columns, marble paving, and granite steps. Also on the property are the contributing office, plantation kitchen, and
privy.
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Original Norwood
The current Norwood plantation is the second of its name in Powhatan County. The first Norwood was located about a mile southeast of the second Norwood, initially called "Greenyard," and was built in the eighteenth century. It was sold in 1813 by the Harris family to Harry Heth
Henry Heth ( not ) (December 16, 1825 – September 27, 1899) was a career United States Army officer who became a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
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, the owner of the Black Heath coal mine in neighboring Chesterfield County. Heth lived at Norwood for the last years of his life and at his death in 1821, he willed it to his son Beverley Heth and his son-in-law, Beverley Randolph. Sometime between this date and 1834, Norwood burned to the ground. Subsequently, Randolph purchased the neighboring plantation "Greenyard" and renamed it Norwood.
Greenyard
Norwood, originally known as "Greenyard," was built circa 1790 by Thomas Harris, who left it to his son John Phillip Barretier Harris when he died in 1815.
References
External links
Norwood, State Route 711 vicinity, Wyndham, Henrico County, VA
3 photos and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
Plantation houses in Virginia
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Federal architecture in Virginia
Houses completed in 1835
Houses in Powhatan County, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Powhatan County, Virginia
Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
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