Wharton Place
Wharton Place is a historic home located at Mappsville, Accomack County, Virginia. It was built in 1798, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Federal style. It has a one-story brick kitchen wing. It has a deck-on-hip roof and projecting interior chimneys. Also on the property is a contributing frame smokehouse. The house was built by John Wharton (1762-1811), a prosperous maritime merchant and native of Accomack County.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (March 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wharton Place" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
External links
- Wharton Place, Assawaman Creek vicinity, Mappsville, Accomack County, VA: 2 photos and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
