Rippon Lodge
Rippon Lodge | |
Nearest city | Woodbridge, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°36′51.3576″N 77°16′38.4234″W / 38.614266000°N 77.277339833°W |
Area | 40 acres (16 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 71000988[1] |
VLR No. | 076-0023 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 2, 1971 |
Designated VLR | January 5, 1971 [2] |
Rippon Lodge is one of the oldest houses remaining in
History
The
Originally a
Richard Blackburn farmed and built this and other houses using enslaved labor. At his death, the house passed to his son, Col.Thomas Blackburn who represented Prince William County several times in the House of Burgesses, then in most of the Virginia Revolutionary Conventions, before becoming an aide-de-camp to General George Washington, until wounded at the Battle of Germantown. His son Richard Scott Blackburn would also represent Prince William County, in the Virginia House of Delegates. Thomas Blackburn corresponded with Thomas Jefferson and also did business with Bushrod Washington who inherited his uncle's Mount Vernon plantation as well as married one of Thomas Blackburn's daughters. Rippon Lodge remained in Blackburn family hands until around 1820, when it was sold to the Atkinson family, who also farmed using enslaved labor until after the American Civil War, and whose members lived there for about another century.
In 1923 the property was sold again. The buyers were former Ohio Attorney General
Hours
Prince William County has restored the house and maintains the surrounding 42 acres (170,000 m2) of property. Rippon Lodge is open to the public from May through October on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 4pm.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/076-0023_Rippon_Lodge_1970_NRHP_nomination_Final_71000988.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Richard Blackburn b. 1705 Ripon, Yorkshire, England d. 15 Jul 1757 Ripon Lodge, Prince William County, Virginia: Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties". www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ Bailey, Raymond C. (1998). Blackburn, Richard (ca. 1706-15July 1757). Vol. 1. pp. 517–518.
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External links
- Prince William County, Virginia - Rippon Lodge - official site
- The history of the Prince William County Waterfront
- A Collision Of Housing And History, Prince William Leaders Resist Builder's Plans by Eric M. Weiss, Washington Post Staff Writer; The Washington Post, Friday, 7 May 2004, pp. B1 and B2
- Historic Preservation/Archeology in Prince William County: Rippon Lodge
- Rippon Lodge (An article originally published in 1932)
- Rippon Lodge, State Route 638, Woodbridge, Prince William County, VA: 9 photos and 9 measured drawings at Historic American Buildings Survey