Berkeley_plantation_harrison_home.jpg
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
in the
United States of America
. Its reference number is
71001040
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Description Berkeley plantation harrison home.jpg |
English:
Berkeley Plantation, home of the Harrison family (two Presidents), initial construction of Georgian mansion in 1726. In Charles City County, Virginia.
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001040 Significance: Berkeley began as a settlement known as Berkeley-Hundred, patented in 1618. The property was purchased in 1722 by Benjamin Harrison IV, for whom the present house is believed to have been completed in 1726. His son, Benjamin Harrison V, born at Berkeley, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Virginia for 3 terms. Also born there was the signer's younger son, William Henry Harrison, 9th President. In 1862, Berkeley served as a camp and supply base for Union troops... |
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Date | March/April 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/va/va0300/va0306/color/570609cv.jpg Bookmark: HABS VA,19-CHARC.V,4 |
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creator QS:P170,Q6188857
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Object location | 37° 19′ 18″ N, 77° 10′ 54″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 37.321667; -77.181667 |
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