Lower Brandon Plantation
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| Location | Burrowsville, Prince George County, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°15′27.1″N 76°59′36.2″W / 37.257528°N 76.993389°WCoordinates: 37°15′27.1″N 76°59′36.2″W / 37.257528°N 76.993389°W |
| Built | c. 1765 |
| Architect | possibly Thomas Jefferson |
| Architectural style | English Palladian |
| NRHP Reference # | 69000271 |
| VLR # | 074-0002 |
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| Added to NRHP | November 11, 1969 |
| Designated NHL | April 15, 1970 |
| Designated VLR | September 9, 1969, December 5, 2007 |
Lower Brandon Plantation (or simply Brandon or Brandon Plantation and initially known as Martin's Brandon) is located on the south shore of the James River in present-day Prince George County, Virginia.
The plantation is an active farm and was tended perhaps from 1607 on, and more clearly from 1614 on, so it is one of the longest-running agricultural enterprises in the United States. It has an unusual brick mansion in style of Palladio's "Roman Country House" completed in the 1760s, and was perhaps designed by Thomas Jefferson.
It was established in 1616 by Captain John Martin, one of the original leaders of the Virginia Colony at Jamestown in 1607. The plantation was owned by the Harrison family for over two centuries, from 1700–1926. Restored by Robert Williams Daniel in the early 20th century, it is both a National Historical Landmark open to tours and one of America's oldest continuous farming operations.
Brandon Plantation was part of a 1616 land grant of approximately 7,000 acres (28 km2) on the south bank of the James River to Captain John Martin (1560–1632). Captain Martin was one of the original colonists and a member of the first Council in the spring of 1607, when Jamestown was first established.
Martin's new plantation built on the 1616 land grant was initially named "Martin's Brandon", apparently incorporating the family name of his wife, Mary Martin (née Brandon), daughter of Robert Brandon, a prominent English goldsmith and supplier to Queen Elizabeth I of England. They had been married in 1586.
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