Pop Castle Explained

Pop Castle
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 13, 1988[1]
Designated Other1 Number:051-0075
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.6411°N -76.4256°W
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:June 16, 1989
Refnum:89000505

Pop Castle is a historic plantation house located near White Stone, Lancaster County, Virginia. It was built in 1855, and is a two-story, five-bay, gable roofed frame dwelling with Greek Revival style details. It has a single pile, central passage plan and two exterior end chimneys. It rests partly on the foundations of an 18th-century dwelling. Also on the property are the contributing antebellum granary and a roughly contemporary smokehouse. The property also includes the archaeological remains of most related service structures.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

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: Pop Castle. Camille Wells. November 1988. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo