Varina Plantation | |
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| Location | Henrico County, Virginia, USA |
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| Nearest city | Varina, Virginia; Hopewell, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37°22′54″N 77°20′09″W / 37.38167°N 77.33583°W |
| Area | 820 acres (330 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 77001489[1] |
| VLR No. | 043-0020 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 29, 1977 |
| Designated VLR | September 21, 1976[2] |
Varina Farms, also known as Varina Plantation or Varina Farms Plantation or Varina on the James, is a plantation established in the 17th century on the James River about 10 miles (16 km) south of Richmond, Virginia.[3] An 820-acre (330 ha) property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as "Varina Plantation". At that time it included two contributing buildings and one other contributing site.[3]
It was established 50 miles (80 km) from the first settlement at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony,[4] and across the river from Henricus, established by Thomas Dale in 1611.[5] Varina Farm, as it is now called, was still a working, privately owned farm in 1977.[3] In 2024, the county government of Henrico purchased the site for historic and environmental preservation.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Varina Plantation" (PDF). National Park Service. April 29, 1977. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ Hall, Edward Hagaman (1902). Jamestown [1607-1907]: A Sketch of the History and Present Condition of the Site of the First Permanent English Settlement in America. American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society. p. 18.
- ^ Cooke, John Esten (1883). Virginia: A History of the People. Houghton, Mifflin & Company. pp. 88–91, 98.