Green Spring Plantation
Green Spring Plantation in James City County about five miles (8.0 km) west of Williamsburg, was the 17th century plantation of one of the most unpopular governors of Colonial Virginia in North America, Sir William Berkeley, and his wife, Frances Culpeper Berkeley.
Green Spring | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Virginia Landmarks Register | |
Remains of ancillary jail structure at Green Spring Plantation site | |
| Nearest city | Williamsburg, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 37°15′27″N 76°48′11″W |
| Area | 190 acres (77 ha) |
| Built | 1645 |
| Part of | Colonial National Historical Park (ID66000839) |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000261 |
| VLR No. | 047-0006 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 29, 1978 |
| Designated VLR | March 19, 1997 |
Sir William Berkeley, who served several terms, is perhaps the best-known of Virginia's colonial governors. Contrary to popular belief the well-known Berkeley Plantation in nearby Charles City County was not named in his honor.
Today, a section of the land that formed the core of Green Spring Plantation is part of the Colonial National Historical Park. It also lends its name to the section of the multi-use Virginia Capital Trail that extends from Governor Berkeley's capital at Jamestown, past many former great plantations (including Berkeley plantation) to the current state capital at Richmond, Virginia.