| Waverly | |
| Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
| Designated Other1 Date: | June 19, 1996[1] |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 033-0028 |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
| Coordinates: | 37.1194°N -79.7911°W |
| Builder: | Seth Richardson |
| Architecture: | Greek Revival |
| Added: | November 7, 1996 |
| Refnum: | 96001329 |
Waverly is a historic home and farm located near Burnt Chimney, Franklin County, Virginia. It was built beginning about 1853 for Armistead Lewis Burwell (1809-1883) and his family, who inherited it (or received it as a dowry) from the parents of his wife, Mary Hix (1811-1895). Descended from the First Families of Virginia, Armistead L. Burwell operated a tobacco and grain plantation of about 350 improved acres using enslaved labor, and also had a chewing tobacco factory, gristmill and sawmill by 1860 (probably also operated by some of his 37 slaves per that year's federal census). His son William A. Burwell (1836-1882) ran the factory and bought the plantation from his father in 1864, and sold it in 1868 to his younger brother John Spotswood Burwell (1846-1926, a Confederate drummer during the war) who operated a dairy farm until after the turn of the century.[2]
The two-story frame house has a central passage plan, and reflects the Greek Revival style. Approximately 52 feet by 38 feet in size, it sits on a brick foundation. The property also includes a contributing meathouse and a foundation, icehouse ruins, and the remains of the 19th century landscaping.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.