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'''Stirling''', also known as Stirling Plantation, is a historic plantation home located near [[Massaponax, Virginia|Massaponax]], [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia]]. It was built between 1858 and 1860, and is a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story, five-bay, brick [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] and [[Federal architecture|Federal]] dwelling. It measures 56 feet by 36 feet, and has a hipped roof and four interior end chimneys. It sits on a raised basement and features entrance porches added about 1912. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen dependency, [[smokehouse]], family [[cemetery]], and the undisturbed [[archaeological site]]s of a weaving house and three slave cabins.<ref name=VAnom>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Spotsylvania/088-0066_Stirling_1989_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Stirling |author=W. Brown Morton III|date=January 1988|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Spotsylvania/Stirling_photo.htm ''Accompanying photo'']</ref>
'''Stirling''', also known as Stirling Plantation, is a historic [[Plantation house in the Southern United States|plantation house]] located near [[Massaponax, Virginia|Massaponax]], [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia]]. It was built between 1858 and 1860, and is a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story, five-bay, brick [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] and [[Federal architecture|Federal]] dwelling. It measures 56 feet by 36 feet, and has a hipped roof and four interior end chimneys. It sits on a raised basement and features entrance porches added about 1912. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen dependency, [[smokehouse]], family [[cemetery]], and the undisturbed [[archaeological site]]s of a weaving house and three slave cabins.<ref name=VAnom>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Spotsylvania/088-0066_Stirling_1989_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Stirling |author=W. Brown Morton III|date=January 1988|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Spotsylvania/Stirling_photo.htm ''Accompanying photo'']</ref>


It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1989.<ref name="nris"/>
It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1989.<ref name="nris"/>
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Revision as of 06:55, 19 February 2016

Stirling
Stirling (Massaponax, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Stirling (Massaponax, Virginia)
LocationCounty Route 607 at I-95, near Massaponax, Virginia
Area13.8 acres (5.6 ha)
Built1858 (1858)-1860, 1912
Built byHolladay, John; Holladay, Tavener W.
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.89000366[1]
VLR No.088-0066
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 5, 1989
Designated VLRFebruary 16, 1988[2]

Stirling, also known as Stirling Plantation, is a historic plantation house located near Massaponax, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. It was built between 1858 and 1860, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, brick Greek Revival and Federal dwelling. It measures 56 feet by 36 feet, and has a hipped roof and four interior end chimneys. It sits on a raised basement and features entrance porches added about 1912. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen dependency, smokehouse, family cemetery, and the undisturbed archaeological sites of a weaving house and three slave cabins.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References

  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. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ W. Brown Morton III (January 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Stirling" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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