Stony Creek Plantation

Stony Creek Plantation
Location VA 624, DeWitt, Virginia
Coordinates 37°5′33″N 77°39′31″W / 37.09250°N 77.65861°W / 37.09250; -77.65861Coordinates: 37°5′33″N 77°39′31″W / 37.09250°N 77.65861°W / 37.09250; -77.65861
Area 25 acres (10 ha)
Built c. 1750 (1750)
Architectural style Georgian
NRHP Reference # 03000212[1]
VLR # 026-0092
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 11, 2003
Designated VLR December 4, 2002[2]

Stony Creek Plantation, also known as Shell House, is a historic plantation house located at DeWitt, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1750, and is a 1 1/2-story, three-bay, center-hall plan house with a two-story perpendicular section added in 1872. The house is "T" shaped and features massive brick chimneys.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[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. John G. Zehmer (August 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Stony Creek Plantation" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying three photos


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