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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
William Byrd II Significant name
1727/06/06 Maria Byrd Carter Born Maria Taylor Byrd is born in Westover Plantation, Charles City County, Province of Virginia.
1730/00/00
1734/12/30 Elizabeth Burwell Harrison Died Mrs Elizabeth Harrison, a relic of Benjamin Harrison of Berkeley, departs this Life on Monday the 30th of December 1734 in the Fifty-Seventh Year of her Age. She is buried at Westover Plantation Cemetery in Charles City, Virginia.
1762/00/00 William Byrd III Home By the autumn of 1762, the Byrds move from Philadelphia to Westover where they will spend the rest of their married life.
1781/01/04 British regulars land at Westover Plantation and ready themselves for the assault against Richmond. In the afternoon, Arnold and his men disembarked on foot towards Richmond. Benedict Arnold's Raid on Richmond 1781

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Particulars for Westover Plantation:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Georgian Architecture
Area of Significance Literature
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Politics-government
Owner Private
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 66000923
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Georgian
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Literature, Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1700-1749
Significant Year: 1730, 1734, 1744
Associated People: Byrd,William,II
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Secondary structure
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Secondary structure

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