Indian Banks (Simonson, Virginia) Explained

Indian Banks
Nrhp Type:HD
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:January 21, 1975[1]
Designated Other1 Number:079-0009
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Nearest City:Simonson, Virginia
Built:, 1728
Architecture:Colonial
Added:March 20, 1980
Refnum:80004218

Indian Banks is a historic home and archaeological site located near Simonson, Richmond County, Virginia. It was built in 1699, and is a two-story, five-bay, Colonial era brick dwelling with a hipped roof and interior end chimneys. The front facade features bricks that are molded or carved into a wavy pattern. A one-story wing was added in 1975. The original Indian Banks was built in 1699 on the site of a Moraughtacund Indian village visited by Captain John Smith (1580–1631), in 1608, but the name, Indian Banks, was not recorded until 1822.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

External links

7 photos and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: oldvirginiahouses.com: Indian Banks . Gayle N. Mandell . 2010 . 2013-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214240/http://www.oldvirginiahouses.com/richmond-county.html . 2013-10-04 . dead .