Brooke's Bank Explained

Brooke's Bank
Designated Other1:	Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:	June 1, 1971 ^[1]
Designated Other1 Number:	028-0007
Designated Other1 Num Position:	bottom
Location:	1 mi. E of Loretto, 1.4 mi. N of VA 17, near Loretto, Virginia
Coordinates:	38.0864°N -77.0203°W
Architecture:	Colonial, Georgian
Added:	September 28, 1971
Refnum:	71000976

Brooke's Bank is a historic plantation house located near Loretto, Essex County, Virginia. It was built in 1751, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling with a hipped roof in the Georgian style. It has two 20th century one-story brick wings. The original interior woodwork of Brooke's Bank survives almost completely intact. During the American Civil War, it was shelled by the USS Parmee, a Union gunboat on the Rappahannock River.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

External links

• Brooke's Bank, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Loretto, Essex County, VA

1 photo, 15 measured drawings, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

Notes and References

1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register . Virginia Department of Historic Resources . 5 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm . 2013-09-21 . dead.
2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brooke's Bank . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. May 1971. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo