Foster's Castle

Foster's Castle
Fosters Castle, HABS Photo
Location Northeast of Tunstall off VA 608, near Tunstall, Virginia
Coordinates 37°35′20″N 77°04′42″W / 37.58889°N 77.07833°W / 37.58889; -77.07833Coordinates: 37°35′20″N 77°04′42″W / 37.58889°N 77.07833°W / 37.58889; -77.07833
Area 340 acres (140 ha)
Built c. 1685 (1685), 1873
Architectural style Colonial, Tudor-Stuart
NRHP Reference # 73002044[1]
VLR # 063-0003
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 11, 1973
Designated VLR January 16, 1973[2]

Foster's Castle is a historic plantation house located near Tunstall, New Kent County, Virginia. It was built about 1685, as a 1 1/2-story, T-shaped brick building, with a two-story central projection at the front. The house is similar to neighboring Criss Cross. It was raised to a full two stories with a low pitched roof in 1873. Its builder, Colonel Joseph Foster, was a vestryman and supervisor of construction at St. Peter's Church.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

Color photo of historic home in New Kent County, Virginia.

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (October 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Foster's Castle" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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