Upper Shirley, Virginia

Upper Shirley
Location W of Charles City on SR 608, Charles City, Virginia
Coordinates 37°20′50″N 77°15′24″W / 37.34722°N 77.25667°W / 37.34722; -77.25667Coordinates: 37°20′50″N 77°15′24″W / 37.34722°N 77.25667°W / 37.34722; -77.25667
Area 9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built 1868 (1868)-1870, 1890
Built by A. H. Marks and Bros.
NRHP reference # 82001884[1]
VLR # 018-0026
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 29, 1982
Designated VLR December 15, 1981[2]

Upper Shirley is a historic plantation house located near Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia. The original section was built in 1868-1870, and enlarged to its present size in 1890. It is a two-story, nearly square, stucco covered brick dwelling with an overhanging hipped roof. It measures approximately 42 feet by 47 feet. The front facade features a portico with stylized Doric order columns. On the west elevation is a doorway originally on the Warren House in Harrisonburg, Virginia; it is protected by a two-level porch which stretches across the entire facade. The house was built by Hill Carter for his son William Fitzhugh Carter of materials salvaged from a large 18th-century building that was demolished at Shirley Plantation.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Upper Shirley" (PDF). and Accompanying photo


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