Wharton Place

	Wharton Place
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Virginia Landmarks Register
	Fields at the property; the house is slightly visible at right
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Location	0.7 mi. NE of jct. of VA 762 and 679, Mappsville, Virginia
Coordinates	37°50′51″N 75°31′58″W / 37.84750°N 75.53278°WCoordinates: 37°50′51″N 75°31′58″W / 37.84750°N 75.53278°W
Area	160 acres (65 ha)
Built	1798
Built by	Wellford, Robert
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	72001378
VLR No.	001-0050
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 3, 1972
Designated VLR	April 18, 1972

Wharton Place is a historic home located at Mappsville, Accomack County, Virginia. It was built in 1798, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Federal style. It has a one-story brick kitchen wing. It has a deck-on-hip roof and projecting interior chimneys. Also on the property is a contributing frame smokehouse. The house was built by John Wharton (1762-1811), a prosperous maritime merchant and native of Accomack County.^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (March 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wharton Place" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

External links[]

Wharton Place, Assawaman Creek vicinity, Mappsville, Accomack County, VA: 2 photos and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[VLR_list-2] "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.

[dhr-3] Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (March 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wharton Place" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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