Wharton Place Explained

Wharton Place
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:April 18, 1972[1]
Designated Other1 Number:001-0050
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:0.7 mi. NE of jct. of VA 762 and 679, Mappsville, Virginia
Coordinates:37.8475°N -75.5328°W
Builder:Wellford, Robert
Architecture:Federal
Added:November 3, 1972
Refnum:72001378

Wharton Place is a historic home located at Mappsville, Accomack County, Virginia. It was built in 1798, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Federal style. It has a one-story brick kitchen wing. It has a deck-on-hip roof and projecting interior chimneys. Also on the property is a contributing frame smokehouse. The house was built by John Wharton (1762-1811), a prosperous maritime merchant and native of Accomack County.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

External links

2 photos and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wharton Place . Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. March 1972. and Accompanying photo