Paxton is a historic home located near Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia. It was built about 1819, and is a two-story, three-bay,

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style brick I-house dwelling. It has a -story side wing. Also on the property are the contributing brick

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, two small early-19th century one-room-plan frame dwellings, a 19th-century brick and frame

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, a late-19th century frame barn, and a family

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. an
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in 1990.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1819 Houses in Powhatan County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Powhatan County, Virginia Brick buildings and structures in Virginia 1819 establishments in Virginia {{PowhatanCountyVA-NRHP-stub