Townfield (Port Royal, Virginia)

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Townfield
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register
Townfield, October 2012
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Location	Water St., Port Royal, Virginia
Coordinates	38°10′12″N 77°11′18″W / 38.17000°N 77.18833°W / 38.17000; -77.18833Coordinates: 38°10′12″N 77°11′18″W / 38.17000°N 77.18833°W / 38.17000; -77.18833
Area	5.9 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	c. 1740 (1740)-1747, 1823, 1857
Built by	Gilchrist, Robert
Architectural style	Federal, Georgian
NRHP Reference #	94000791^[1]
VLR #	284-0015
Added to NRHP	July 29, 1994
Designated VLR	April 20, 1994^[2]

Townfield, or Robert Gilchrist House, is a historic home located at Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia. The original section was built between 1740 and 1747, and is a 1 1/2-story, central passage plan frame dwelling in the Georgian style. It has a gable roof and dining room and a projecting pavilion addition built in 1823. Attached to the original house is a two-story, gable-roofed, Federal hall-and-parlor-plan addition, constructed in 1857 at a right angle to the dining room. This forms the stem of the overall "L" plan. Also on the property is a contributing family cemetery.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1] It is located in the Port Royal Historic District

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
↑ Deidre McCarthy (September 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Townfield" (PDF). and Accompanying photo

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