Berkeley Plantation

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Berkeley Plantation is a historic 17th-century estate on the James River in Virginia, known as one of America’s oldest plantations and the site of several significant events in early U.S. history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic house museum
historic plantation
alsoKnownAs Berkeley Hundred
Harrison’s Landing
architecturalStyle Georgian
associatedWithFamily Harrison family of Virginia
associatedWithOfficeholder Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (family home of his grandfather)
William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States
associatedWithPerson Daniel Butterfield
George B. McClellan
linked to: George McClellan
birthplaceOf Benjamin Harrison V
William Henry Harrison
builtFor Berkeley Company of London
country United States
currentUse privately owned historic site open for tours
established 1619
foundedAs Berkeley Hundred
foundingCentury 17th century
hasFeature formal gardens
historic outbuildings
riverfront lawn
hasFunction museum
tourist attraction
hasHistoricDesignation National Historic Landmark
hasStructure Georgian brick manor house
hasUsePeriod American Civil War
colonial era
historicalEvent headquarters of Union General George B. McClellan during the Peninsula Campaign
location of a 1619 thanksgiving observance by English settlers
location where the bugle call “Taps” was first played during the American Civil War
site of Civil War Union encampment at Harrison’s Landing
site of early English settlement in Virginia
listedOn National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn Charles City County, Virginia
locatedOn James River
mainHouseCompletionDate circa 1726
namedAfter Richard Berkeley
notableResident Benjamin Harrison IV
Benjamin Harrison V
Benjamin Harrison VI
William Henry Harrison
NRHPListingDate 1969
NRHPReferenceNumber 69000250
openToPublic true
originalOwnerFamily Harrison family
partOf Tidewater Virginia
region Virginia Peninsula
state Virginia
tourType guided tours
self-guided grounds tours

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Shirley Plantation near Berkeley Plantation
Charles City County, Virginia hasHistoricSite Berkeley Plantation
Benjamin Harrison V residence Berkeley Plantation
Benjamin Harrison V placeOfBurial Berkeley Plantation
Varina hasHistoricPlantationsNearby Berkeley Plantation
Harrison family associatedWithEstate Berkeley Plantation
Harrison family of Virginia ancestralHome Berkeley Plantation
William Henry Harrison placeOfBirth Berkeley Plantation