{"nrhp_refnum":"03000208","name":"Chester Plantation","other_names":["Prince George Country Club","74-59"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8401 Golf Course Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Disputanta","county":"Prince George County","state":"VA","lat":37.141047782000044,"lon":-77.25481766299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-11-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Chester Plantation is a Greek Revival frame dwelling with Colonial Revival additions and several outbuildings, near Disputanta in Prince George County, Virginia. Williamson Simmons built the main block around 1845.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the only surviving Greek Revival plantation house in Prince George County and a rare surviving antebellum plantation there. The 1949 Colonial Revival wings show how architectural tastes changed. It is also tied to Remmie L. Arnold, a Petersburg businessman and civic leader who owned it from 1945.","narrative":"Chester Plantation is a two-story frame house with a full-width porch of fluted Doric columns, built around 1845 by Williamson Simmons on his Prince George County estate near Disputanta. A rear wing was added about 1854, and two 1½-story wings followed in 1949, giving the house a central block with symmetrical flanking wings. The nominated 1.261 acres also hold an icehouse and well house from the 1840s, a 1920s secondary dwelling, and 1940s buildings including a cart shed, concession building, pool house and swimming pool. The property matters for two reasons. It is described as the only surviving Greek Revival plantation in the county, in an area where Civil War destruction removed most antebellum buildings. It is also associated with Remmie L. Arnold, a Petersburg businessman and civic leader who bought it in 1945 and renovated it. Later it served as a golf clubhouse and restaurant, and it now operates as a restaurant and inn.","period_of_significance":"1845-1957","architect_builder":"Williamson Simmons (builder)","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a restaurant and country inn.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.123228-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/6826/41682684/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/03000208.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000208/801a9272da-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000208/801a9272da-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Mojo Hand","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chester_Plantation.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mojo Hand</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chester_Plantation.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682684","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15209543"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/prince-george-county/chester-plantation-03000208/"}