Elsing Green, VA
- Also Known As: Carter Braxton House
- Address: 1048 Elsing Green Ln
- Vicinity: SW of jct of SR 632 and 623
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1689/11/15 | Col John West | Owner | Col John West makes his last will and testament. Part of his estate includes Elsing Green, a gift West had received from the Pamunkey Tribe. | |||
1690/00/00 | For many years Elsing Green is the home of William Burnett Brown who probably built the structure, circa 1690, which now serves as the east dependency of the main house. | |||||
1691/00/00 | Col Nathaniel West | Owner | Elsing Green passes to Col John West's three sons, John West III, Thomas West and Nathaniel West. | |||
1719/00/00 | Col William A Dandridge | Home | The West family conveys Elsing Green Plantation to Captain William Dandridge. | |||
1727/00/00 | Mary Dandridge Campbell | Born | Unity West Dandridge, wife of William Dandridge, gives birth to a daughter, Mary West, in the Colony of Virginia. | |||
1727/00/00 | Unity West Dandridge | Mother | Unity West Dandridge, wife of William Dandridge, gives birth to a daughter, Mary West, in the Colony of Virginia. | |||
1753/00/00 | Carter Braxton | Owner | Carter Braxton buys Elsing Green Plantation in King William County, Virginia Colony. | |||
1758/00/00 | While Carter Braxton is sojourning in England, his brother George probably builds for him an impressive plantation home on a high bluff overlooking the Pamunkey River. | |||||
1760/00/00 | Carter Braxton | Home | Upon his return from Europe, Carter Braxton moves into Elsing Green. He will live here until 1767. | |||
1800/00/00 | About 1800, a fire destroys the interior of Elsing Green. The exteriors survive. | |||||
1935/00/00 | Edward F Sinnott | Architect | In the 1930s, Mr and Mrs Beverley D Causey hire architect Edward F Sinnott to restore the original roof pitch and install 18th century-style woodwork. | |||
1949/00/00 | Edgar Rivers Lafferty Jr buys Elsing Green and begins developing the plantation into a model farm and wildlife preserve. |
Particulars for Elsing Green, VA: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
Level of Significance | National |
Criteria | Person |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Secondary structure |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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