Dover Slave Quarter Complex
National Register of Historic Places

Dover Slave Quarter Complex

Manakin-Sabot, Goochland County, Virginia
Listed
September 14, 2002
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
02001005

About this property

The Dover Slave Quarter Complex is a set of five historic structures located on Brookview Farm near Manakin-Sabot, Goochland County, Virginia. They were built as one-story, two-unit, brick structures with steep gable roofs for housing African-American slaves. The houses are arranged in a wide arc, measuring 360 ft (110 m) in length. The center dwelling had a frame second-story added and its brick walls covered by siding when it was converted to an overseer's house. It has a recent rear addition. In addition to the center dwelling, one of the former slave dwellings serves as the farm office, one serves as a woodworking shop, and the remaining two are used for storage. Also on the farm are the two early 20th-century contributing farm structures; one is an impressively long dairy barn, and there are two tenant houses, silos, and storage buildings. The structures were listed as a group on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Location

845 Dover Rd.
Manakin-Sabot, Goochland County, Virginia
37.63085, -77.77506

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When was Dover Slave Quarter Complex listed on the National Register?

Dover Slave Quarter Complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 14, 2002.

What type of historic resource is Dover Slave Quarter Complex?

Dover Slave Quarter Complex is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Dover Slave Quarter Complex?

The period of significance for Dover Slave Quarter Complex is recorded as the industrial era.

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