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Burlington
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Nearest city	Aylett, Virginia
Coordinates	37°50′40″N 77°08′38″W / 37.84443°N 77.14388°W / 37.84443; -77.14388
Area	782 acres (316 ha)
Built	1842
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Colonial
NRHP reference No.	78003023
VLR No.	050-0010
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 30, 1978
Designated VLR	March 15, 1977

Burlington is a historic plantation house located near Aylett, King William County, Virginia.

History

Owen Gwalthney II bought the 700 acre plantation from Lewis Burwell in the mid-18th century.

Architecture

The two-part main house is mostly in the Classical Revival-style and was erected in 1842 by Dr. William Gwathmey, but the rear ell contains a fragment of a Colonial-period frame dwelling erected by the Burwell family. The main section is a two-story, stuccoed brick dwelling with a standing seam metal gable roof. The earlier portion is topped by a hipped roof. Also on the property are a 19th century boxwood garden, the contributing old smokehouse, an early framed barn (that was the original meetinghouse of the Beulah Baptist Church), and the Gwathmey family cemetery surrounded by a brick wall.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. NRIS
4. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (March 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Burlington". Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

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