Mount Bernard Complex Explained

Mount Bernard Complex
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 1, 2004[1]
Designated Other1 Number:037-0038
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.6558°N -77.8606°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:January 20, 2005
Refnum:04001537

Mount Bernard Complex, also known as Lightfoot's Beaverdam Plantation and Kameschatka, is a historic plantation house and farm complex located near Maidens, Goochland County, Virginia. The main dwelling was built about 1850, and consists of a central gabled pavilion is flanked by subsidiary wings. It sits on a stone foundation dating to the 18th century. The house was altered in the 1920s in the Classical Revival style. Additions in the 1920s and 1940s to the sides and rear have subsequently turned the original T-shaped plan into a rectangle. Also on the property are the contributing two secondary dwellings, a slave quarters / kitchen, an ice house and cool chamber, a large barn / stable, two smaller stables, a corn crib, an equipment shelter, and a well house.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Bernard Complex . Jean McRae . August–September 2004. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos