Roseville Plantation (Aylett, Virginia)

Roseville Plantation
Roseville, HABS Photo
Location 3736 Herring Creek Rd, Aylett, Virginia
Coordinates 37°51′09″N 77°15′31″W / 37.85250°N 77.25861°W / 37.85250; -77.25861Coordinates: 37°51′09″N 77°15′31″W / 37.85250°N 77.25861°W / 37.85250; -77.25861
Area 148.8 acres (60.2 ha)
Built 1807 (1807)
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 07000800[1]
VLR # 050-0060
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 8, 2007
Designated VLR June 6, 2006[2]

Roseville Plantation, also known as Floyd's, is a historic plantation home located near Aylett, King William County, Virginia. The main house was built in 1807, and is a 2 1/2-story, four bay, frame dwelling in the Federal style. It sits on a brick foundation and is clad in weatherboard. Also on the property are the contributing one-story, one-bay detached frame kitchen; a one-story, two-bay frame school; a large, one-story, single-bay frame granary; a privy, a 1930s era barn, and two chicken houses, of which one has been converted to an equipment shed. The property also includes a slave cemetery and Ryland family cemetery.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[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. Janel Crist Kausner (March 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Roseville Plantation" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos

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