Bryan Manor Explained

Bryan Manor
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 21, 1977[1]
Designated Other1 Number:099-0065
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Added:November 14, 1978
Refnum:78003048

Bryan Manor is a historic archaeological site located near Williamsburg, York County, Virginia. It is the site of a plantation established by Frederick Bryan after purchasing a 500-acre plot in 1757. A map by the French cartographer Desandrouin in 1781–1782 indicated a complex of five buildings. A survey in 1976 identified an unusual footing of bog iron bonded with shell mortar. Also on the site is the stone slab over the grave of John Bryan, one-year-old son of Frederick Bryan, who died in 1760.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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. 21 September 2013. dead.
  2. Book: The Virginia Landmarks Register: Bryan Manor (p. 559). Calder Loth . 1999. University of Virginia Press. 9780813918624.