Millbrook is a historic home and farm complex located near

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. The original section of the Federal-style main house was built about 1840, and expanded to its present size about 1855. It is a balanced two-story, five-bay, center-hall plan

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with a

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-style centered front porch and

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with three finished floors above. Also on the property are a contributing tobacco barn ruin, and four restored contributing buildings: kitchen, smokehouse, hay barn, and dairy. an
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in 2010.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Greek Revival houses in Virginia Houses completed in 1840 Houses in Nottoway County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Nottoway County, Virginia {{NottowayCountyVA-NRHP-stub