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Upper Shirley, Virginia

Upper Shirley
Upper Shirley, Virginia is located in Virginia
Upper Shirley, Virginia
Upper Shirley, Virginia is located in the US
Upper Shirley, Virginia
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
VLR # 018-0026
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 29, 1982
Designated VLR December 15, 1981

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.

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



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