National Register of Historic Places

Black Walnut

Clover, Halifax County, Virginia
Listed
October 29, 1991
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
91001597

About this property

Black Walnut is a historic plantation house and farm located near Clover, Halifax County, Virginia. The main house was built in at least three sections beginning about 1774 to 1790. In the 1840s and 1850s, a substantial two-story frame addition was built in two stages parallel to the existing house, along with a connecting hyphen, altogether giving the house an H-shape. The interior features Greek Revival style details. Also on the property are the contributing brick kitchen, a dairy, a wash-house, two smokehouses, two sheds, a cool-storage building, a privy, a stable, a barn, a slave cabin, a corncrib, two machine sheds, a toolshed, a garage, a late 18th-century schoolhouse, and the family cemetery. At its peak, Black Walnut Plantation was one of the largest and most successful plantations in Halifax County. The only Civil War battle fought in Halifax County, the Battle of Staunton River Bridge, took place on Black Walnut Plantation in Summer 1864. Confederate troops maintained encampment there during the war alongside up to 800 Confederate slave laborers. During the September 1939 National Tobacco Festival, Academy Award Winner Mary Pickford visited Black Walnut as Queen of the festival.

Location

Clover, Halifax County, Virginia
36.86341, -78.72274

Categories

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Sources

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Nearby Battles

Wilson-Kautz Raid — Staunton River Bridge
1864Civil War
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When was Black Walnut listed on the National Register?

Black Walnut was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1991.

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Black Walnut is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Black Walnut is recorded as the industrial era.

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