Stirling (Massaponax, Virginia)
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| Location | County Route 607 at I-95, near Massaponax, Virginia |
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| Area | 13.8 acres (5.6 ha) |
| Built | 1858-1860, 1912 |
| Built by | Holladay, John; Holladay, Tavener W. |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Federal |
| NRHP Reference # | 89000366[1] |
| VLR # | 088-0066 |
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| Added to NRHP | May 5, 1989 |
| Designated VLR | February 16, 1988[2] |
Stirling, also known as Stirling Plantation, is a historic plantation house located near Massaponax, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. It was built between 1858 and 1860, and is a 2 1⁄2-story, five-bay, brick Greek Revival and Federal dwelling. It measures 56 feet by 36 feet, and has a hipped roof and four interior end chimneys. It sits on a raised basement and features entrance porches added about 1912. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen dependency, smokehouse, family cemetery, and the undisturbed archaeological sites of a weaving house and three slave cabins.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
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Categories:
- Plantation houses in Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Greek Revival houses in Virginia
- Federal architecture in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1860
- Houses in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- Northern Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Northern Virginia geography stubs
