Black Walnut (Clover, Virginia)
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Black Walnut Plantation
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Black Walnut Manor House
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| Location | VA 600, 850 ft. S of jct. with VA 778, near Halifax County, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°51′47″N 78°43′22″W / 36.86306°N 78.72278°WCoordinates: 36°51′47″N 78°43′22″W / 36.86306°N 78.72278°W |
| Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
| Built | 1774 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Georgian |
| NRHP reference # | 91001597 |
| VLR # | 041-0006 |
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| Added to NRHP | October 29, 1991 |
| Designated VLR |
August 21, 1991 |
August 21, 1991
Black Walnut is a historic plantation house and farm located near Clover, Halifax County, Virginia. The main house was built in at least three sections beginning about 1774 to 1790. In the 1840s and 1850s, a substantial two-story frame addition was built in two stages parallel to the existing house, along with a connecting hyphen, together giving the house an overall "H"-shape. The interior features Greek Revival style details.
Also on the property are the contributing brick kitchen, a dairy, a wash-house, two smokehouses, two sheds, a cool-storage building, a privy, a stable, a barn, a slave cabin, a corncrib, two machine sheds, a toolshed, a garage, a late 18th-century schoolhouse, and the family cemetery.
At its peak, Black Walnut Plantation was one of the largest and most successful plantations in Halifax County. The only Civil War battle fought in Halifax County, the Battle of Staunton River Bridge, took place on Black Walnut Plantation in the summer 1864. Confederate troops maintained encampment there during the war alongside up to 800 Confederate slave labors – and Union forces after.
During the 1939 National Tobacco Festival, legendary Academy Award Winner Mary Pickford visited Black Walnut as Queen of the festival.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The Staunton River Battlefield Project is a collaboration between the Dr. James W. Jordan Archaeology Field School and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation – Division of State Parks. This research is being undertaken at Staunton River Battlefield State Park. Originally the focus was on the Civil War battle that took place on this site in 1864. Following the work on the Civil War site, the focus shifted to the prehistoric past when the 1, 000 year-old Late Woodland period Wade Site was discovered.
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