Keswick (Powhatan, Virginia)
Keswick is a historic plantation house near Powhatan, in Chesterfield County and Powhatan County, Virginia, US. It was built in the early-19th century, and is an H-shaped, two-story, gable-roofed, frame-with-weatherboard building. It is supported on brick foundations and has a brick exterior end chimney on each gable. Also on the property are a contributing well house, a smokehouse, the circular "slave quarters," a kitchen, a two-story brick house, a shed, and a laundry.
Keswick | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Virginia Landmarks Register | |
Keswick, Main House, HABS Photo | |
| Location | Northeast of Powhatan off VA 711, near Powhatan, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°33′39″N 77°39′52″W |
| Area | 183 acres (74 ha) |
| Architectural style | H-shape |
| NRHP reference No. | 74002144 |
| VLR No. | 072-0045 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 19, 1974 |
| Designated VLR | November 19, 1974 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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