Elsing Green | |
 Elsing Green Plantation manor house | |
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| Location | SW of jct. of SR 632 and 623, near Tunstall, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°36′08.80″N 77°03′03.97″W / 37.6024444°N 77.0511028°W |
| Built | 1758 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 69000252[1] |
| VLR No. | 050-0022 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 1969 |
| Designated NHL | November 11, 1971[3] |
| Designated VLR | May 13, 1969[2] |
Elsing Green Plantation, a National Historic Landmark and wildlife refuge, rests upon nearly 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) along the Pamunkey River in King William County, Virginia, a rural county on the western end of the state's middle peninsula, approximately 33 miles (53 km) northeast of the Richmond. The 18th-century plantation, now owned by the Lafferty family, has been in continuous operation for more than 300 years. In addition to the plantation house, dependency buildings and cultivated land, Elsing Green includes 2,454 acres (993 ha) of surrounding farmland, forest and marsh land. Elsing Green has been on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places since 1969, and received formal National Historic Landmark status in 1971.
Its history dates back nearly three centuries with ties to the West family of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (a/k/a Lord Delaware). The original structure, a brick Jacobean lodge now serving as the east dependency of the manor house, was built before 1690 by his descendant, Colonel John West. Lord Delaware used the building as his hunting lodge, supposedly escaping to the King William woods by way of the Pamunkey River. Now primarily a wildlife refuge, no hunting is allowed on the property or surrounding wetlands.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
- ^ "Elsing Green". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on January 1, 2008. Retrieved June 23, 2008.