Rokeby (King George, Virginia)
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Rokeby is a historic home located at King George,
King George County, Virginia King George County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population sits at 26,723. Its county seat is the town of King George. The county's largest employer is the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center ...
. The original section was built about 1828, and is a two-story, three bay
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style brick dwelling. It has a low hipped roof, tripartite windows, lintel-type window heads, and elliptical, leaded-glass fanlight with flanking sidelights. The original block was enlarged about 1912 by a pair of flanking two-story, frame pavilions, and in 1917, the west wing was substantially enlarged. Also on the property are the contributing antebellum
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and a complex of buildings built in 1917-1920: (1) schoolhouse; (2) summer / tenant house; (3) playhouse; (4) garage; (5) Sears, Roebuck catalog-ordered horse barn; (6) sheep barn; and (7) cattle run-in shed. an
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/ref> It was listed on the
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in 2005.


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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1828 Houses in King George County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in King George County, Virginia {{KingGeorgeCountyVA-NRHP-stub