{"nrhp_refnum":"73002002","name":"Roanoke Plantation","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Saxe off VA 746","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saxe","county":"Charlotte County","state":"VA","lat":36.91264047100006,"lon":-78.71348234392221,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Roanoke Plantation is a private plantation and residence complex near Saxe in Charlotte County, Virginia, on about 926 acres. It was the Middle Quarter of the Roanoke lands held by John Randolph, with a turn-of-the-century main house and surviving earlier cottages and outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as the home most closely identified with John Randolph of Roanoke, a congressman, senator and orator who lived and kept his stud of blooded horses here. The setting, the surviving cottage and the original roadbed still evoke his time. The form also notes Judge Wood Bouldin, who bought the Middle Quarter after the litigation over Randolph's will.","narrative":"Roanoke Plantation, near Saxe in Charlotte County, Virginia, is a working cattle farm and private residence on about 926 acres. It occupies the Middle Quarter of the Roanoke lands, where John Randolph of Roanoke lived and kept his famous stud of blooded horses. Randolph served in Congress from 1799 to 1825 apart from one defeat, and later served in the Senate and as Minister to Russia. He died in 1833. Of his two small frame cottages, one was incorporated into a larger house built by Judge Wood Bouldin and burned in 1879. The other survives as a simple one-story, three-bay building with brick end chimneys. A turn-of-the-century frame house serves as the present residence. An early smokehouse, a boulder marking Randolph's first grave, and a roadway following the original roadbed remain. Dense woodland behind the house recalls the forest that once surrounded his home. The property was listed for its close link to Randolph.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked good and altered. The property is occupied as a private residence and still used for agriculture (cattle). One cottage survives in a good state of preservation, and a possible overseer's house is in poor condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.40508-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/6800/41680041/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/73002002.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002002/b38be81f1a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002002/b38be81f1a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roanoke_Plantation_entrance.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roanoke_Plantation_entrance.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680041","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713143"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/charlotte-county/roanoke-plantation-73002002/"}