Patrick Henry's Scotchtown

Patrick Henry's Scotchtown - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Scotchtown is a plantation located in Hanover County, Virginia, that from 1771 to 1778 was owned and used as a residence by U.S. Founding Father Patrick Henry, his wife Sarah and their children. He was a revolutionary and elected in 1778 as the first Governor of Virginia. The house is located in Beaverdam, Virginia, northwest of Ashland, Virginia on VA 685. The house, at by , is one of the largest 18th-century homes to survive in the Americas. In its present configuration, it has eight substantial rooms on the first floor surrounding a central passage, with a full attic above and English basement with windows below. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

type: NRHP
date from: 1717
official website: https://preservationvirginia.org/historic-sites/patrick-henrys-scotchtown

Source: en.wikipedia.org