Point of Fork Plantation

Coordinates: 37°45′07″N 78°10′34″W / 37.75194°N 78.17611°W

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Point of Fork Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

Plantation house
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Location	West of Columbia off VA 624, near Columbia, Virginia
Coordinates	37°45′07″N 78°10′34″W / 37.75194°N 78.17611°W / 37.75194; -78.17611
Area	265 acres (107 ha)
Built	c. 1830 (1830)
Built by	James Galt
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	74002116^[1]
VLR No.	032-0024
Added to NRHP	August 13, 1974
Designated VLR	April 16, 1974^[2]

Point of Fork Plantation is a historic plantation house and farm located near Columbia, Fluvanna County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1830, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Greek Revival style. It measures 50 feet by 40 feet and is topped by a shallow hipped roof with balustrade. The front facade features a large two-story tetrastyle Greek Doric order portico. Also on the property are a contributing servant's house and office. The house is a twin of Glen Arvon, as they were built by brothers William and James Galt. In March 1865, Federal troops under General Philip Sheridan occupied the plantation and Sheridan set up headquarters in the house.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (March 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Point of Fork Plantation" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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