Blenheim (Wakefield Corner, Virginia)

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Blenheim
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Blenheim, HABS Photo
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Location	N of Wakefield Corner off VA 204, near Wakefield Corner, Virginia
Coordinates	38°11′11″N 76°56′38″W / 38.18639°N 76.94389°W / 38.18639; -76.94389Coordinates: 38°11′11″N 76°56′38″W / 38.18639°N 76.94389°W / 38.18639; -76.94389
Area	425 acres (172 ha)
Built	c. 1781 (1781)
Architectural style	Georgian, Late Georgian
NRHP Reference #	75002042^[1]
VLR #	096-0003
Added to NRHP	June 5, 1975
Designated VLR	February 18, 1975^[2]

Blenheim is a historic home located near Wakefield Corner, Westmoreland County, Virginia. It was built about 1781, and is a two-story, three bay, Late Georgian style brick dwelling. It has a gable roof and two-story, frame wing. The house was built by the Washington family to replace the original family house at Wakefield soon after it burned on Christmas Day, 1779. The house was built for William Augustine Washington, the son of George Washington's half-brother Augustine Washington II.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (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 Staff (January 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blenheim" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

External links

Media related to Blenheim (Wakefield Corner, Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons
Blenheim, State Route 204 vicinity, Oak Grove, Westmoreland County, VA: 4 photos and 4 measured drawings at Historic American Buildings Survey

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Virginia

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