File:Berkeley plantation harrison home.jpg

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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 71001040.

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English: Berkeley Plantation, home of the Harrison family (two Presidents), initial construction of Georgian mansion in 1726. In Charles City County, Virginia.


Building/structure dates: 1726 initial construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001040

Significance: Berkeley began as a settlement known as Berkeley-Hundred, patented in 1618. The property was purchased in 1722 by Benjamin Harrison IV, for whom the present house is believed to have been completed in 1726. His son, Benjamin Harrison V, born at Berkeley, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Virginia for 3 terms. Also born there was the signer's younger son, William Henry Harrison, 9th President. In 1862, Berkeley served as a camp and supply base for Union troops...
Date March/April 1981
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Bookmark: HABS VA,19-CHARC.V,4
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Jet Lowe  (1947–)  wikidata:Q6188857
 
Jet Lowe
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John T. "Jet" Lowe
Description American photographer and architectural photographer
Date of birth 1947 Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 2013 Edit this at Wikidata
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one of the photographers employed by the U.S. National Park Service on the Historic American Building Survey and Historic American Engineering Record projects
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Object location37° 19′ 18″ N, 77° 10′ 54″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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19:26, 9 November 2005Thumbnail for version as of 19:26, 9 November 20051,024 × 823 (336 KB)Bkwillwm (talk | contribs)Berkeley Plantation, home of the Harrison family (two Presidents), initial construction of Georgian mansion in 1726. In Charles City County, Virginia. Source URL: http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/va/va0300/va0306/color/570609cv.jpg {{HABS|HABS VA,19-C

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