Indian Banks (Simonson, Virginia)

Indian Banks
Indian Banks, HABS Photo
Nearest city Simonson, Virginia
Area 25 acres (10 ha)
Built 1609 (1609), 1728
Architectural style Colonial
NRHP Reference # 80004218[1]
VLR # 079-0009
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 20, 1980
Designated VLR January 21, 1975[2]

Indian Banks is a historic home and archaeological site located near Simonson, Richmond County, Virginia. It was built in 1699, and is a two-story, five-bay, Colonial era brick dwelling with a hipped roof and interior end chimneys. The front facade features bricks that are molded or carved into a wavy pattern. A one-story wing was added in 1975. The original Indian Banks was built in 1699 on the site of a Moraughtacund Indian village visited by Captain John Smith (1580–1631), in 1608, but the name, Indian Banks, was not recorded until 1822.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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. Gayle N. Mandell (2010). "oldvirginiahouses.com: Indian Banks".

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