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Chestnut Grove (plantation)

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sold Chestnut Grove and its accompanying 500 acres (2.0 km). Colonel Richard Pye Cooke then purchased the mansion in 1840. At that time, the Chestnut Grove estate contained 1,175 acres (4.76 km). Unlike neighboring plantation homes, Chestnut Grove continued to serve as a residence for 200
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Chestnut Grove's architectural details survive due to old photographs and sketches. The mansion was a two-story frame structure with a
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The two-story frame house consisting of six rooms was originally built around 1730. It was first inhabited by prominent Virginia
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which ran the length of the mansion. The interior of Chestnut Grove was plain and paneled in pine.
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Chestnut Grove plantation where Martha Washington, wife of George Washington, was born.
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years in its original state until it burned down in November 1926.
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37°31′3.2″N 76°58′42.3″W / 37.517556°N 76.978417°W / 37.517556; -76.978417

plantation house
Pamunkey River
New Kent Court House
New Kent County
Virginia
United States
birthplace
Martha Washington
George Washington
First Lady of the United States
planter
John Dandridge
Frances Jones
Martha Washington
Daniel Parke Custis
Bartholomew Dandridge
hip roof
basement






Martha Washington: First Lady of the United States
ISBN
0-7565-0983-1

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