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{{short description|Historic house in Virginia, United States}}

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| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register
| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register
| designated_other1_date = January 5, 1971 <ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref>
| designated_other1_date = January 5, 1971 <ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref>
| designated_other1_number = 076-0023
| designated_other1_number = 076-0023
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| image = Rippon Lodge Today.JPG
| image = Rippon Lodge Today.JPG
| caption = Rippon Lodge
| caption = Rippon Lodge
| nearest_city= [[Woodbridge, Virginia]]
| nearest_city = [[Woodbridge, Virginia]]
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| added = July 2, 1971
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'''Rippon Lodge''' is the oldest house remaining in [[Prince William County]], [[Virginia]]. Built around 1747 by Richard Blackburn, it lies on high ground overlooking [[Neabsco Creek]] at the south end of what is now the unincorporated town of [[Woodbridge, Virginia|Woodbridge]] at 15520 Blackburn Road. The house takes its name from Richard Blackburn's birthplace, the small city of [[Ripon]] in [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]].
'''Rippon Lodge''' is one of the oldest houses remaining in [[Prince William County]], [[Virginia]], and listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] since 1971.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Registration Form: Rippon Lodge |url=https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/076-0023_Rippon_Lodge_1970_NRHP_nomination_Final_71000988.pdf |publisher=United States Department of the Interior |access-date=July 15, 2024}}</ref> Built around 1747 by Richard Blackburn (1705-1757<ref>{{Cite web|title=Richard Blackburn b. 1705 Ripon, Yorkshire, England d. 15 Jul 1757 Ripon Lodge, Prince William County, Virginia: Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties|url=https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I022069&tree=Tree1|access-date=2020-10-01|website=www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us}}</ref>) as the main residence and headquarters of his plantation, it lies on high ground overlooking [[Neabsco Creek]] at the south end of what is now the unincorporated town of [[Woodbridge, Virginia|Woodbridge]] at 15520 Blackburn Road. The house takes its name from Richard Blackburn's birthplace, the small city of [[Ripon]] in [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]].


==History==
==History==
The [[Plantation house in the Southern United States|plantation house]] is located along a remnant of the original [[King's Highway (Charleston to Boston)|Kings Highway]] (now known as the "[[Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route]]" ); this vital roadway connected the 13 original colonies, stretching from [[Newport, Rhode Island]] to [[Yorktown, Virginia|Yorktown]], playing a vital role in the [[American Revolutionary War]] It was along this road that colonial troops marched to defeat the British at Yorktown.
The [[Plantation house in the Southern United States|plantation house]] is located along a remnant of the original [[King's Highway (Charleston to Boston)|Kings Highway]] (now known as the "[[Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route]]" ). This vital roadway connected the 13 original colonies, stretching from [[Newport, Rhode Island]] to [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. It played a vital role in the [[American Revolutionary War]], in part because colonial troops marched on this section before defeating the British at Yorktown.


Originally a [[tobacco]] [[plantations in the American South|plantation]], the land holdings stretched from Neabsco Creek westward to near what is now [[Interstate 95 in Virginia|I-95]] and amounted to about 21,000 acres (85 km²). The property featured its own port on Neabsco Creek and is close to the town of [[Dumfries, Virginia|Dumfries]], a once-important colonial seaport.
Originally a [[tobacco]] [[plantations in the American South|plantation]], at its greatest extent under Richard Blackburn (ca. 1706-1757) who had emigrated with his brother from Ripon in Yorkshire, England in 1720, it managed land holdings which stretched from Neabsco Creek westward to near what is now [[Interstate 95 in Virginia|I-95]] and amounted to about 21,000 acres (85&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>).<ref>{{cite book | first=Raymond C. | last=Bailey |entry=Blackburn, Richard (ca. 1706-15 July 1757) | title=Dictionary of Virginia Biography | date=1998 | volume=1 | pages=517–518}}</ref> The property featured its own port on Neabsco Creek and is close to the town of [[Dumfries, Virginia|Dumfries]], once the county seat until the Quantico River silted up early in the 19th century. In 1796, [[Benjamin Henry Latrobe]] painted the plantation house.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mdhistory.org/resources/rippon-lodge-the-home-of-colonel-thomas-blackburn/ | title=Rippon Lodge, the Home of Colonel Thomas Blackburn }}</ref>


Richard Blackburn farmed and built this and other houses using enslaved labor. At his death, the house passed to his son, Col.[[Thomas Blackburn (burgess)|Thomas Blackburn]] who represented Prince William County several times in the [[House of Burgesses]], then in most of the Virginia Revolutionary Conventions, before becoming an aide-de-camp to General George Washington, until wounded at the Battle of Germantown. His son [[Richard Scott Blackburn]] would also represent Prince William County, in the [[Virginia House of Delegates]]. Thomas Blackburn corresponded with [[Thomas Jefferson]] and also did business with [[Bushrod Washington]] who inherited his uncle's Mount Vernon plantation as well as married one of Thomas Blackburn's daughters. Rippon Lodge remained in Blackburn family hands until around 1820, when it was sold to the Atkinson family, who also farmed using enslaved labor until after the American Civil War, and whose members lived there for about another century.
Built by Richard Blackburn, the house was passed to his son, Col. Thomas Blackburn. It was sold around 1820 to the Atkinson family who lived there for about 100 years.


In 1924 the property was sold again. The buyers were a Washington, D.C. federal judge and his wife, Judge and Mrs. [[Wade H. Ellis]]. Judge Ellis both renovated and preserved the property. Sometime after buying Rippon Lodge, the judge discovered that he was a descendant of Richard Blackburn, but it is not clear at what point during his tenure this became known and how much it influenced the preservation efforts. Regardless, the Ellis' sold the house to another Blackburn family member, Admiral Richard Blackburn Black, an Arctic explorer and compatriot of [[Richard Evelyn Byrd|Admiral Byrd]]. Admiral Black's daughter inherited the house in 1989 and sold it to Prince William County in 2000.
In 1923 the property was sold again. The buyers were former Ohio Attorney General [[Wade H. Ellis]] and his wife Dessie, who had moved to Washington, D.C. after Wade Ellis accepted a position as assistant to the U.S. Attorney General. The Ellises both renovated and preserved the property. Sometime after buying Rippon Lodge, Ellis discovered Richard Blackburn was his ancestor, but it remains unclear at what point during his tenure this became known and how much it influenced the preservation efforts. After Wade Ellis died, Mrs. Ellis sold the house to another Blackburn family member, Admiral Richard Blackburn Black, an Arctic explorer and compatriot of [[Richard Evelyn Byrd|Admiral Byrd]]. Admiral Black's daughter inherited the house in 1989 and sold it to Prince William County in 2000. The house and grounds are now maintained by the Prince William County Department of Parks and Recreation, and by a local friends organization.


==Hours==
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Prince William County has restored the house and maintains the surrounding {{convert|40|acre|m2}} of property. Rippon Lodge is open to the public from May through October on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 4pm.

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Prince William County has restored the house and maintains the surrounding {{convert|42|acre|m2}} of property. Rippon Lodge is open to the public from May through October on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 4pm.

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==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/publicworks/hp/Pages/Rippon-Lodge.aspx Prince William County, Virginia - Rippon Lodge] - official site
*[https://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/publicworks/hp/Pages/Rippon-Lodge.aspx Prince William County, Virginia - Rippon Lodge] - official site
*[http://www.co.prince-william.va.us/docLibrary/PDF/000586.pdf The history of the Prince William County Waterfront]
*[https://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/planning/Documents/000586.pdf The history of the Prince William County Waterfront]
*[http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/prince02.htm A Collision Of Housing And History, Prince William Leaders Resist Builder's Plans by Eric M. Weiss, Washington Post Staff Writer; The Washington Post, Friday, 7 May 2004, pp. B1 and B2]
*[http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/prince02.htm A Collision Of Housing And History, Prince William Leaders Resist Builder's Plans by Eric M. Weiss, Washington Post Staff Writer; The Washington Post, Friday, 7 May 2004, pp. B1 and B2]
*[http://www.pwconserve.org/issues/history/index.html Historic Preservation/Archeology in Prince William County: Rippon Lodge]
*[http://www.pwconserve.org/issues/history/index.html Historic Preservation/Archeology in Prince William County: Rippon Lodge]
*[http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/virginia-homes-9.shtml Rippon Lodge (An article originally published in 1932)]
*[http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/virginia-homes-9.shtml Rippon Lodge (An article originally published in 1932)]
*[http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va0877/ Rippon Lodge, State Route 638, Woodbridge, Prince William County, VA]: 9 photos and 9 measured drawings at [[Historic American Buildings Survey]]
*[https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va0877/ Rippon Lodge, State Route 638, Woodbridge, Prince William County, VA]: 9 photos and 9 measured drawings at [[Historic American Buildings Survey]]

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==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}

Latest revision as of 00:39, 16 July 2024

Rippon Lodge
Rippon Lodge
Rippon Lodge is located in Northern Virginia
Rippon Lodge
Rippon Lodge is located in Virginia
Rippon Lodge
Rippon Lodge is located in the United States
Rippon Lodge
Nearest cityWoodbridge, Virginia
Coordinates38°36′51.3576″N 77°16′38.4234″W / 38.614266000°N 77.277339833°W / 38.614266000; -77.277339833
Area40 acres (16 ha)
NRHP reference No.71000988[1]
VLR No.076-0023
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 2, 1971
Designated VLRJanuary 5, 1971 [2]

Rippon Lodge is one of the oldest houses remaining in Prince William County, Virginia, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971.[3] Built around 1747 by Richard Blackburn (1705-1757[4]) as the main residence and headquarters of his plantation, it lies on high ground overlooking Neabsco Creek at the south end of what is now the unincorporated town of Woodbridge at 15520 Blackburn Road. The house takes its name from Richard Blackburn's birthplace, the small city of Ripon in North Yorkshire, England.

History

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The plantation house is located along a remnant of the original Kings Highway (now known as the "Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route" ). This vital roadway connected the 13 original colonies, stretching from Newport, Rhode Island to Charleston, South Carolina. It played a vital role in the American Revolutionary War, in part because colonial troops marched on this section before defeating the British at Yorktown.

Originally a tobacco plantation, at its greatest extent under Richard Blackburn (ca. 1706-1757) who had emigrated with his brother from Ripon in Yorkshire, England in 1720, it managed land holdings which stretched from Neabsco Creek westward to near what is now I-95 and amounted to about 21,000 acres (85 km2).[5] The property featured its own port on Neabsco Creek and is close to the town of Dumfries, once the county seat until the Quantico River silted up early in the 19th century. In 1796, Benjamin Henry Latrobe painted the plantation house.[6]

Richard Blackburn farmed and built this and other houses using enslaved labor. At his death, the house passed to his son, Col.Thomas Blackburn who represented Prince William County several times in the House of Burgesses, then in most of the Virginia Revolutionary Conventions, before becoming an aide-de-camp to General George Washington, until wounded at the Battle of Germantown. His son Richard Scott Blackburn would also represent Prince William County, in the Virginia House of Delegates. Thomas Blackburn corresponded with Thomas Jefferson and also did business with Bushrod Washington who inherited his uncle's Mount Vernon plantation as well as married one of Thomas Blackburn's daughters. Rippon Lodge remained in Blackburn family hands until around 1820, when it was sold to the Atkinson family, who also farmed using enslaved labor until after the American Civil War, and whose members lived there for about another century.

In 1923 the property was sold again. The buyers were former Ohio Attorney General Wade H. Ellis and his wife Dessie, who had moved to Washington, D.C. after Wade Ellis accepted a position as assistant to the U.S. Attorney General. The Ellises both renovated and preserved the property. Sometime after buying Rippon Lodge, Ellis discovered Richard Blackburn was his ancestor, but it remains unclear at what point during his tenure this became known and how much it influenced the preservation efforts. After Wade Ellis died, Mrs. Ellis sold the house to another Blackburn family member, Admiral Richard Blackburn Black, an Arctic explorer and compatriot of Admiral Byrd. Admiral Black's daughter inherited the house in 1989 and sold it to Prince William County in 2000. The house and grounds are now maintained by the Prince William County Department of Parks and Recreation, and by a local friends organization.

Hours

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Prince William County has restored the house and maintains the surrounding 42 acres (170,000 m2) of property. Rippon Lodge is open to the public from May through October on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 4pm.

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Registration Form: Rippon Lodge" (PDF). United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  4. ^ "Richard Blackburn b. 1705 Ripon, Yorkshire, England d. 15 Jul 1757 Ripon Lodge, Prince William County, Virginia: Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties". www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  5. ^ Bailey, Raymond C. (1998). "Blackburn, Richard (ca. 1706-15 July 1757)". Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Vol. 1. pp. 517–518.
  6. ^ "Rippon Lodge, the Home of Colonel Thomas Blackburn".
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