Elsing Green, National Historic Landmark plantation in King William County, Virginia.
Elsing Green is a plantation featuring a U-shaped brick manor house constructed with Flemish-bond brickwork and flanked by east and west wings that face the Pamunkey River. The property spans more than 2,000 acres of working farmland, forests, marshes, and swamps that form the operational setting of this historic estate.
The site was first developed in the late 1600s by a colonial planter, then acquired in the mid-1700s by a prominent statesman who shaped the nation's founding. He commissioned the main brick manor house that still stands at the center of the complex today.
The rooms contain 18th-century American and English furnishings that reflect how wealthy planters lived and conducted business during that era. Some pieces have connections to pivotal national events that happened at this location.
The property operates as both a working farm and nature preserve, allowing visitors to explore both the developed areas around the manor and the surrounding lands. Plan for varied terrain and conditions since the site encompasses cultivated fields, woodlands, and wetland areas.
Standing behind the main manor house is an earlier brick structure from the original settlement, now incorporated as a dependency building alongside the newer residence. This older section reveals how the estate expanded and evolved over more than half a century.
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