Point of Fork Plantation is a historic plantation house and farm located near

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, Fluvanna County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1830, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Greek Revival style. It measures 50 feet by 40 feet and is topped by a shallow hipped roof with

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. The front facade features a large two-story tetrastyle Greek Doric order

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. Also on the property are a contributing servant's house and office. The house is a twin of

Glen Arvon Glen Arvon, originally known as Glenarvon, is a historic plantation house and farm located near Bremo Bluff, Fluvanna County, Virginia. The main house was built in 1836, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Greek Revival style ...

, as they were built by brothers William and James Galt. In March 1865, Federal troops under General Philip Sheridan occupied the plantation and Sheridan set up headquarters in the house. an
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Plantation houses in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Greek Revival houses in Virginia Houses completed in 1830 Houses in Fluvanna County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Fluvanna County, Virginia 1830 establishments in Virginia Brick buildings and structures in Virginia {{FluvannaCountyVA-NRHP-stub