{"nrhp_refnum":"69000238","name":"Blandfield","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of jct. of Rtes. 624 and U.S. 17","address_restricted":false,"city":"Caret","county":"Essex County","state":"VA","lat":37.992921157500064,"lon":-76.94503526493796,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Blandfield is a brick mid-Georgian plantation mansion on the north bank of a tributary of Sluice Creek near Caret, Essex County, Virginia, probably built around 1750 for William Beverley.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Blandfield as one of the largest colonial plantation mansions in Virginia and part of an important group of mid-Georgian Tidewater houses that echo Palladian design. Its plan, with twin stair halls and spacious rooms, is described as ample and unusual. It is also noted for the wide splay of its gauged brick window arches and its long ownership by the Beverley family.","narrative":"Blandfield is a large brick plantation mansion near Caret in Essex County, Virginia, and the largest of a group of mid-Georgian houses along the lower Rappahannock River. It was probably built around 1750 for William Beverley and named for his wife, Elizabeth Bland. The brick is laid in Flemish bond, and the two-story central block is flanked by two-story dependencies joined by one-story hyphens. Pedimented central pavilions face both the land and river sides, and the gauged brick arches over the windows are said to have the widest splay in Virginia. Its twin stair halls and generous rooms give it an unusual plan. The original interior woodwork was lost in an 1844 remodeling, and the house was altered again in 1848, though the original kitchen survives in one dependency. It belongs to a group of Tidewater mansions, including Mount Airy and Menokin, that echo Palladian design, and the Beverley family still owns it.","period_of_significance":"18th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-Georgian plantation mansion (Palladian-influenced Tidewater group)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, altered, occupied as a private residence and still owned by the Beverley family.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.901519-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/6804/41680467/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/69000238.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000238/f04223a5c1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000238/f04223a5c1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Katherine Wetzel, Photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blandfield,_U.S._Route_17_%26_State_Route_624,_Caret_vicinity_(Essex_County,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Katherine Wetzel, Photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blandfield,_U.S._Route_17_%26_State_Route_624,_Caret_vicinity_(Essex_County,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100005837","name":"Occupacia-Rappahannock Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/occupacia-rappahannock-rural-historic-district-100005837/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680467","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blandfield","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712037"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/essex-county/blandfield-69000238/"}