Sabine Hall (Warsaw, Virginia)
Sabine Hall | |
![]() Sabine Hall, HABS Photo | |
Location | Sabine Hall Rd., near Warsaw, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°56′24″N 76°47′5″W / 37.94000°N 76.78472°W |
Built | 1735 |
Architectural style | Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 69000277 |
VLR No. | 079-0015 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 12, 1969[2] |
Designated NHL | April 15, 1970[3] |
Designated VLR | May 13, 1969[1] |
Sabine Hall is a historic
Description
Sabine Hall is located in a rural setting south of
The central core of the plantation house was built by noted
History
Landon Carter's firstborn son and heir Robert Wormeley Carter, who would be the first owner to serve in the Virginia House of Delegates finished or remodeled parts of the interior, purchasing cabinetry and other items from William Buckland who built the neighboring Mount Airy for Col. John Tayloe II. His son, another Landon Carter, would marry Tayloe's daughter Catharine Tayloe. His grandson, Robert W. Carter, who would serve in both the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia Senate before dying at Sabine Hall in October 1861, also remodeled the property in the 1840s and 1850s. His only surviving child, a daughter, married Dr. Armistead Wellford of Fredericksburg, who received a federal pardon at the war's end. Their son, R. Carter Wellford (1853-1919) would inherit Sabine Hall and also serve in the Virginia House of Delegates.
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Richmond County, Virginia
References
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Sabine Hall". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved April 21, 2008.
- ^ a b Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sabine Hall" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
External links
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. VA-155, "Sabine Hall, State Route 624 vicinity, Warsaw vicinity, Richmond County, VA", 40 photos, 24 measured drawings, 6 data pages, supplemental material
- Encyclopedia Virginia: Sabine Hall