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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1618/00/00 With a population of about 40 settlers of the Virginia Company of London, Wolstenholme Towne (Sir John Wolstenholme was an investor) is established as a fortified settlement about 7 miles downstream from Jamestown on a plantation named Martin's Hundred. Settling the American Colonies
1622/03/22 From the fall line of the James River to Hampton Roads, Powhatans burn and loot English settlements, killing an estimated 400 colonists. Martin's Hundred, the plantation hardest hit, lost more than 50, perhaps as many as 70. Virginia Indians Massacre English Colonist, 1622
1756/10/26 Carter Burwell Benefactor Nathaniel Burwell inherits a 5,800-acre (2,347 ha) estate from his father Carter Burwell, of Carter's Grove, James City County.
1756/10/26 Nathaniel Burwell Owner Nathaniel Burwell inherits a 5,800-acre (2,347 ha) estate from his father Carter Burwell, of Carter's Grove, James City County.
1792/00/00 Nathaniel Burwell Home Carter Hall mansion is built for Nathaniel Burwell during 1792-1800.
1813/09/12 Edmund Jennings Randolph Died Burwell's cousin Edmund Randolph, who had been United States Attorney General and later Secretary of State under George Washington, and was invited to live with Colonel Burwell. He is buried nearby at the Burwell family cemetery adjacent to "Old Chapel".
1815/00/00 Dr William Thornton Ascribed to Architect Roman tonic portico added after George H Burwell (1799-1873), son of Nathaniel Burwell, inherited the estate in 1814.
1862/10/00 Hunter McGuire Work General Jackson permits his surgeon, Dr William McGuire, to perform a cataract operation on George Burwell on the portico.
1862/10/00 Stonewall Jackson establishes headquarters at Carter Hall. He declines George Burwell's invitation to stay in the house, camping instead with his men on the grounds.
1930/00/00 Harrie T Lindeberg Architect Carter Hall is remodeled for its new owner, Gerard Lambert, under the direction of the fashionable New York architect, H T Lindeberg. The dining room is the only room to retain significant original fittings.
1948/00/00 Designed by landscape architect Wade Muldoon, a four-level terraced garden is installed at Carter Hall.

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Particulars for Carter Hall:
Area of Significance Agriculture
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Commerce
Physiographic feature Forest
Architectural Style Georgian Architecture
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Other Description Late Georgian
Area of Significance Military
Historic Use Park
Criteria Person
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: 73002003
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Muldoon,Wade; Lindeberg,H.T.
Architectural Style: Georgian, Other
Attribute: Late Georgian
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Landscape architecture, Commerce, Military, Architecture, Agriculture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Significant Year: 1792, 1800
Associated People: Burwell,Nathaniel
Historic Function: Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Forest, Park, Secondary structure
Current Function: Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Secondary structure Park Forest

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