Chelsea (West Point, Virginia)
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Chelsea | |
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Chelsea, April 1971 | |
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| Location | N of jct. of Chelsea Rd. and Rte. 30, near West Point, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°35′48″N 76°49′46″W / 37.59667°N 76.82944°WCoordinates: 37°35′48″N 76°49′46″W / 37.59667°N 76.82944°W |
| Area | 510.5 acres (206.6 ha) |
| Built | 1709 |
| NRHP Reference # | 69000253 [1] |
| VLR # | 050-0012 |
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| Added to NRHP | November 12, 1969 |
| Designated VLR | September 9, 1969[2] |
Chelsea is a historic home located near West Point, King William County, Virginia. It was built in 1709, and consists of a two-story, brick main block with a hipped roof and 1 1/2-story, gambrel roofed rear ell. In 1764, Thomas Jefferson attended the wedding of an old friend, John Walker, at Chelsea;[3] sources commonly say (and Jefferson eventually, in 1805, seemed to acknowledge) that he later repeatedly made improper advances to his friend's wife, all of which she rejected.[4] In 1781, shortly before the Battle of Yorktown, Lafayette's army camped at Chelsea, and the Marquis de Lafayette used the house as his headquarters.[5]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ http://www.westpointguide.com/chelseaplantation.htm
- ↑ see, for example, Jon Meacham, "Thomas Jefferson: the Art of Power", Random House, 2012
- ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (September 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chelsea" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
External links
- Chelsea, Mattaponi River, West Point, King William County, VA at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
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