Brickland is a historic plantation house located near Kenbridge, Lunenburg County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1818, with an addition built about 1822, and rear addition in 1920. It is a 2+12-story, eight-bay, brick dwelling in the Federal style. The front facade features a gable-roof porch with paired Tuscan order columns. Also on the property are the contributing pump house, smokehouse (c. 1820), Lunenburg County's first post office (c. 1900), a summer kitchen (c. 1820), barns, a chicken house, and the ruins of slave quarters and an ice house.[3]

Brickland
Roadside view
Brickland is located in Virginia
Brickland
Brickland is located in the United States
Brickland
Location6877 Brickland Rd., Kenbridge, Virginia
Coordinates36°52′53″N 78°05′18″W / 36.88139°N 78.08833°W / 36.88139; -78.08833
Area25 acres (10 ha)
Built1818 (1818), c. 1822
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.05000524[1]
VLR No.055-0002
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 1, 2005
Designated VLRMarch 16, 2005[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ John B. Greene (December 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brickland" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos