Wheatland | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | September 20, 1988[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 028-0044 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 38.0844°N -77.0597°W |
Built: | -1851 |
Architecture: | Greek Revival |
Added: | December 19, 1990 |
Refnum: | 89001918 |
Wheatland is a historic plantation home located near Loretto, Essex County, Virginia. It was built between 1849 and 1851, and is a two-story, five-bay, frame dwelling with a hipped roof in the Greek Revival style. It has a double-pile central hall plan, and features two-story porches on the principal facades. A simple one-story gable-roofed frame wing contains a kitchen. The property includes a contributing wharf (1916), smokehouse and kitchen.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.