Vaucluse (Bridgetown, Virginia)

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Vaucluse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

Vaucluse, HABS Photo

Location	South of the junction of Rtes. 619 and 657, near Bridgetown, Virginia
Coordinates	37°25′05″N 75°58′23″W / 37.41806°N 75.97306°W / 37.41806; -75.97306Coordinates: 37°25′05″N 75°58′23″W / 37.41806°N 75.97306°W / 37.41806; -75.97306
Area	1,000.8 acres (405.0 ha)
Built	1784 (1784), 1829, 1899
Built by	Upshur, Littleton
NRHP Reference #	70000814^[1]
VLR #	065-0028
Added to NRHP	September 15, 1970
Designated VLR	December 2, 1969^[2]

Vaucluse is a historic plantation house located near Bridgetown, Northampton County, Virginia. It is a complex, two-story, ell-shaped brick and frame structure with a gable roof. Attached to the house is a 1 1/2-story quarter kitchen with brick ends. The brickended section of the house was built about 1784, with the addition to the house added in 1829. The annex connecting the house with the old kitchen was probably added in 1889. It was the home of Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur (1790-1844) who died in the USS Princeton disaster of 1844.^[3] His brother U.S. Navy Commander George P. Upshur (1799-1852), owned nearby Caserta from 1836 to 1847.^[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.^[1]

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (May 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Vaucluse" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Caserta" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

External links

Vaucluse, State Route 619, Bridgetown, Northampton County, VA 2 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Virginia

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