Brooke's Bank
Brooke's Bank is a historic plantation house located near Loretto, Essex County, Virginia. It was built in 1751, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling with a hipped roof in the Georgian style. It has two 20th century one-story brick wings. The original interior woodwork of Brooke's Bank survives almost completely intact. During the American Civil War, it was shelled by the USS Parmee, a Union gunboat on the Rappahannock River.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (May 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brooke's Bank" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
External links
- Brooke's Bank, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Loretto, Essex County, VA: 1 photo, 15 measured drawings, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
