Wales (Dinwiddie County, Virginia) Explained

Wales
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:November 19, 1974[1]
Designated Other1 Number:026-0024
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:W of Petersburg off VA 632, near Petersburg, Virginia
Coordinates:37.1908°N -77.5086°W
Built:1730
Added:December 23, 1974
Refnum:74002115

Wales is a historic house and site in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It was built in 1730 by Captain Howell Briggs of the Virginia Militia on a tract of land a few miles west of Petersburg, Virginia, in what was then Prince George County. Dinwiddie County was formed from Prince George in 1752. Briggs is said to have named his plantation "Wales" after the Prince of Wales.[2]

Wales was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

The area listed was and includes four contributing buildings and two contributing structures.

The main house is a five-part Palladian architecture composition and is a Virginia Historic Landmark.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Wales, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. 4244731. Robert a. Lancaster. Jr. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 1936. 44. 3. 232–237.
  3. Web site: Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff . National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wales . October 1974 . 2010-02-19 . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo at Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, undated