Springfield 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 Heathsville,

Northumberland County, Virginia Northumberland County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 11,839. Its county seat is Heathsville. The county is located on the Northern Neck and is part of the Northern Neck George Was ...

. It was built between 1828 and 1830, and is a -story, Federal style brick mansion with a central-hall plan house covered by a gable roof. It has -story, stepped-gable wings containing round-arched windows. It was enlarged and renovated in the 1850s, with the addition of

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

style design elements. The house features a pedimented two-level tetrastyle

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cu ...

with fluted columns. an
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1979.

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Plantation houses in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Greek Revival houses in Virginia Houses completed in 1830 Houses in Northumberland County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Northumberland County, Virginia 1830 establishments in Virginia Brick buildings and structures in Virginia {{NorthumberlandCountyVA-NRHP-stub