Greenway
National Register of Historic Places

Greenway

Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia
Listed
November 11, 1969
Type
Building
Period
Colonial
Ref No.
69000336

About this property

Greenway Plantation is a wood-frame, 1+1⁄2-story plantation house in Charles City County, Virginia. Historic Route 5 and the Virginia Capital Trail bikeway, both of which connect Williamsburg and Richmond pass to slightly south of this private home. Located just west of the county seat Charles City Courthouse, Virginia, Greenway is one of Charles City's earliest and most distinctive Colonial plantations. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. Other Virginia historic sites built in the same era and with similar names are considerably west: Greenway Court, Virginia, built in 1747 and mostly demolished in the 1830s, now in Clarke County (which had been the seat of Lord Fairfax, who inherited the Northern Neck Proprietary and was an employer and friend of George Washington and the only British nobleman to live in Virginia during the American Revolutionary War), and Greenway (Madison Mills, Virginia) a house built circa 1780 for Francis Madison, the brother of President James Madison.

Location

Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia
37.34186, -77.09121

Categories

POLITICS/GOVERNMENTARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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Nearby Historic Sites

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1 mi
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Nearby Battles

Battle of Wilson's Wharf
1864Civil War
0.9 mi
Engagement at Fort Pocahontas (Wilson's Wharf)
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0.9 mi
James River Torpedo (Mine) Attacks on Union Vessels
1864Civil War
1 mi
Skirmish at Charles City Court House
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1.3 mi

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When was Greenway listed on the National Register?

Greenway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 11, 1969.

What type of historic resource is Greenway?

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

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The period of significance for Greenway is recorded as the colonial era, specifically around 1747.

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