Foster's Castle
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Fosters Castle, HABS Photo
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Location | Northeast of Tunstall off VA 608, near Tunstall, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°35′20″N 77°04′42″W / 37.58889°N 77.07833°WCoordinates: 37°35′20″N 77°04′42″W / 37.58889°N 77.07833°W |
Area | 340 acres (140 ha) |
Built | c. 1685 | , 1873
Architectural style | Colonial, Tudor-Stuart |
NRHP reference # | 73002044 |
VLR # | 063-0003 |
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Added to NRHP | April 11, 1973 |
Designated VLR | January 16, 1973 |
Foster's Castle is a historic plantation house located near Tunstall, New Kent County, Virginia. It was built about 1685, as a 1 1/2-story, T-shaped brick building, with a two-story central projection at the front. The house is similar to neighboring Criss Cross. It was raised to a full two stories with a low pitched roof in 1873. Its builder, Colonel Joseph Foster, was a vestryman and supervisor of construction at St. Peter's Church.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.