Evergreen (Hopewell, Virginia) Explained

Evergreen
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:May 15, 1979[1]
Designated Other1 Number:074-0005
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.2906°N -77.2408°W
Architecture:Early Republic, Federal, Late Georgian
Added:July 24, 1979
Refnum:79003070

Evergreen, one of the James River Plantations, is a historic plantation house located just east of Hopewell in Prince George County, Virginia. It was built about 1807 by planter, George Ruffin, and is a two-story, five-bay, Late Georgian / Federal style stuccoed brick dwelling. It sits on a high basement and has a hipped roof. The front facade features a one-story pedimented Doric order portico set on a brick podium. George Ruffin's son, ardent secessionist Edmund Ruffin, who is credited with firing one of the first shots at Fort Sumter at the start of the Civil War was born at Evergreen in 1794. The house was extensively renovated in the late-1930s, after prior use as a barn and stable.[2]

Evergreen was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 23 January 2019.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Evergreen . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff . May 1979 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo