{"nrhp_refnum":"72001401","name":"Kingsmill Plantation","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"5 mi. S of Williamsburg","address_restricted":false,"city":"Williamsburg","county":"James City County","state":"VA","lat":37.227125695500035,"lon":-76.67918551372432,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A plantation district about five miles south of Williamsburg in James City County, Virginia, on a hill a quarter mile north of the James River. It holds the remains of Colonel Lewis Burwell's mansion, two brick dependencies, outbuilding sites and a ship landing, dating from about 1736.","why_significant":"The two brick dependencies are among the earliest in Virginia and are rare survivors of dependencies placed in front of the mansion to define a forecourt. An accurate 1782 map makes the site important archaeologically, since a largely undisturbed early eighteenth century plantation complex could be located and studied. Burwell's Landing was an economic hub and the site of an early Revolutionary War skirmish in 1775.","narrative":"Kingsmill Plantation, about five miles south of Williamsburg, was the home of Colonel Lewis Burwell and was built around 1736. A contemporary description listed a mansion, outhouses, garden and 1,400 acres. The mansion burned or was destroyed about 1843, leaving its foundation and cellar, a terraced garden and two matching brick dependencies, the office and the kitchen. Laid in Flemish bond with glazed headers and gauged brick arches, they are among the earliest brick dependencies in Virginia and are rare survivors of buildings set in front of a mansion to frame a forecourt. The site also includes at least ten outbuilding sites and Burwell's Landing on the James River, where Burwell worked as naval officer. In November 1775 American riflemen skirmished there with British vessels, and earthen forts built afterward fell to the British in 1781. A 1782 map and a test excavation of a well point to strong archaeological potential.","period_of_significance":"18th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked deteriorated and altered. The mansion was destroyed about 1843, but the two dependencies are described as basically structurally sound with tin roofs.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.02183-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/6813/41681360/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/72001401.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001401/1dc18350f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001401/1dc18350f5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kingsmill_Plantation,_Dependencies,_Kingsmill_Pond_vicinity,_Williamsburg_vicinity_(James_City,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kingsmill_Plantation,_Dependencies,_Kingsmill_Pond_vicinity,_Williamsburg_vicinity_(James_City,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681360","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsmill,_Virginia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6413365"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/james-city-county/kingsmill-plantation-72001401/"}