Northbank is a historic

plantation house A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and ...

located near Walkerton,

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. The first section was built in 1722, with additions dated to 1827, 1863 and 1911. It is a -story, frame and clapboard home on a brick foundation. Also on the property are the contributing

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. The house remained in the same family from 1722 to 1990. an
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in 2006.

References

Plantation houses in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1722 Houses in King and Queen County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in King and Queen County, Virginia 1722 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies {{KingQueenCountyVA-NRHP-stub