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Foster's Castle

Foster's Castle
Fosters Castle HABS.jpg
Fosters Castle, HABS Photo
Foster's Castle is located in Virginia
Foster's Castle
Foster's Castle is located in the US
Foster's Castle
Location Northeast of Tunstall off VA 608, near Tunstall, Virginia
Coordinates 37°35′20″N 77°04′42″W / 37.58889°N 77.07833°W / 37.58889; -77.07833Coordinates: 37°35′20″N 77°04′42″W / 37.58889°N 77.07833°W / 37.58889; -77.07833
Area 340 acres (140 ha)
Built c. 1685 (1685), 1873
Architectural style Colonial, Tudor-Stuart
NRHP reference # 73002044
VLR # 063-0003
Significant dates
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.



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