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Evergreen
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	Ruffin Road, east of Hopewell, Virginia
Coordinates	37°17′26″N 77°14′27″W / 37.29056°N 77.24083°W / 37.29056; -77.24083
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1807 (1807)
Architectural style	Early Republic, Federal, Late Georgian
NRHP reference No.	79003070
VLR No.	074-0005
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 24, 1979
Designated VLR	May 15, 1979

Evergreen, one of the James River Plantations, is a historic plantation house located just east of Hopewell in Prince George County, Virginia. It was built about 1807 by planter, George Ruffin, and is a two-story, five-bay, Late Georgian / Federal style stuccoed brick dwelling. It sits on a high basement and has a hipped roof. The front facade features a one-story pedimented Doric order portico set on a brick podium. George Ruffin's son, ardent secessionist Edmund Ruffin, who is credited with firing one of the first shots at Fort Sumter at the start of the Civil War was born at Evergreen in 1794. The house was extensively renovated in the late-1930s, after prior use as a barn and stable.

Evergreen was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (May 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Evergreen" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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