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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1750/04/15 Nathaniel Burwell Born Nathaniel Burwell is born at Carter's Grove plantation in James City County to Carter Burwell and Lucy Grymes Burwell.
1751/06/00 David Minitree Builder Master builder David Minitree is brought from England by Carter Burwell to construct Carter's Grove.
1755/00/00 Richard Taliaferro Probable Architect Carter's Grove mansion, a masterpiece of early Georgian architecture in Virginia, is built for Carter Burwell, 1751-1755, employing carpenter John Wheatley and artisan Richard Baylis to complete the interiors.
1755/00/00 Carter Burwell Home Carter's Grove mansion, a masterpiece of early Georgian architecture in Virginia, is built for Carter Burwell, 1751-1755, employing carpenter John Wheatley and artisan Richard Baylis to complete the interiors.
1755/00/00 Mary Burwell Berkeley Home Carter's Grove mansion, a masterpiece of early Georgian architecture in Virginia, is built for Carter Burwell, 1751-1755, employing carpenter John Wheatley and artisan Richard Baylis to complete the interiors.
1756/10/26 Carter Burwell Died Carter Burwell dies before 26 October 1756, when his will is proved in the General Court. He is probably buried in the graveyard at Carter's Grove.
1771/00/00 Nathaniel Burwell Home Having come of age, Nathaniel Burwell inherits control of a large landed estate in Tidewater Virginia and in the lower Shenandoah Valley, including his father's Carter's Grove plantation and mansion in James City County.
1969/00/00 Rockefeller Foundation Benefactor Carter's Grove, after multiple owners and the death of the last resident in 1964, is gifted to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation by the Rockefeller Foundation.
2014/00/00 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation sells Carter's Grove to Samuel M Mencoff. The 476 acre property includes a 18,700-square-foot mansion, caretaker's house, horse stable and museum that use to have artifacts found on the site.
2015/00/00 Kirby Perkins Construction of Newport RI, begins a three-year meticulous restoration of Carter's Grove plantation.

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Particulars for Carter's Grove Plantation:
Architectural Style American Colonial
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Level of Significance National
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling
Other Description Southern colonial



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 12th November 1969

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Carter's Grove
Registry Address: SE of jct. of Rte. 667 and U.S. 60
Registry Number: 69000249
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Minitree,David; Talieferro,Richard
Architectural Style: Colonial, Other
Attribute: Southern colonial
Area in Acres: 406
Contributing Buildings: 3
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1750-1799
Significant Year: c 1750, 1753
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Secondary structure
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Museum Single dwelling

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