Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1691/00/00 | George Brent, a sea captain, dies in 1691. According to his will, there is a manor house at Park Gate. | |||||
1691/00/00 | Stone foundations of former slave quarters date from 1691. | |||||
1775/00/00 | The current Park Gate is built sometime between 1750 and 1780. | |||||
1789/00/00 | Daniel Carroll Brent, who had inherited Park Gate from his father William, sells the plantation to Thomas Lee. | |||||
1790/00/00 | Col Thomas Jesse Lee | Home | Home of Colonel Thomas Lee 1790-1805 | |||
1793/00/00 | Mildred Washington Lee | Home | Mildred and Thomas Lee move from Dumfries to Park Gate. | |||
1795/00/00 | George Washington | Visitor | George Washington dines and afterwards visits and drinks Tea at Park Gate. | |||
1798/00/00 | Mildred Washington Lee | Died | Mildred Corbin Washington Lee dies at about age 38 at Park Gates Plantation, Nokesville, Virginia. Mrs Lee is buried at the Park Gate Plantation Cemetery, Nokesville. |
Particulars for Park Gate: | |
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Area of Significance | Agriculture |
Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Criteria | Person |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Architectural Attribute | Virginia Tidewater Style |
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