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[[Category:1723 architecture]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1723]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Virginia]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Virginia]]
[[Category:Hanover County, Virginia]]
[[Category:Hanover County, Virginia]]



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Revision as of 01:11, 13 July 2012

Rural Plains
Rural Plains is located in Virginia
Rural Plains
Nearest cityMechanicsville, Virginia
Area125 acres (51 ha)
NRHP reference No.75002021[1]
Added to NRHPJune 5, 1975

Rural Plains, also informally known as Shelton House, is a historic farm house in Mechanicsville, Virginia, Hanover County; it is one of the sites included within the Richmond National Battlefield Park.

The house was likely built around 1723, although the farm dates to 1670. Patrick Henry, later known as an orator during the Revolutionary War, reportedly married Sarah Shelton in its parlor in 1754, as her family lived there.

During the American Civil War, the house suffered damage from artillery fire during the Battle of Totopotomoy Creek. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ http://www.nps.gov/rich/parknews/rural-plains-transfer.htm
  3. ^ http://shelton.2daves.net/docs/SheltonHistory.html


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