Bremo Historic District
Bremo, also known as Bremo Plantation or Bremo Historic District, is a plantation estate covering over 1,500 acres (610 ha) on the west side of Bremo Bluff in Fluvanna County, Virginia. The plantation includes three separate estates, all created in the 19th century by the planter, soldier, and reformer John Hartwell Cocke on his family's 1725 land grant. The large neo-palladian mansion at "Upper" Bremo was designed by Cocke in consultation with John Neilson, a master joiner for Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. The Historic District also includes two smaller residences known as Lower Bremo and Bremo Recess.
Bremo Historic District | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark District | |
Virginia Landmarks Register | |
Plantation mansion at Upper Bremo, HABS photo, 1933 | |
| Location | Bremo Bluff, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37.72542°N 78.32973°W |
| Area | 1,500 acres (6.1 km2) |
| Built | 1725 (Lower Bremo) 1812 (Bremo Recess) 1819 (Bremo Mansion) |
| Architect | John Hartwell Cocke Thomas Jefferson John Neilson (c.1770 - 1827) |
| Architectural style | Jacobean (Lower Bremo and Bremo Recess) Palladian (Bremo Mansion) |
| NRHP reference No. | 69000241 |
| VLR No. | 032-0002 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 1969 |
| Designated NHLD | November 11, 1971 |
| Designated VLR | September 9, 1969 |
The plantation, which overlooks the James River, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971 for its significance as a well-preserved example of Jeffersonian archicture.