Robert Tynes House

Historic house in Virginia, United States
United States historic place
Robert Tynes House
Virginia Landmarks Register
The Tynes House in April 2017
36°57′54″N 76°39′47″W / 36.96500°N 76.66306°W / 36.96500; -76.66306
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1750 (1750)
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.07000194[1]
VLR No.046-0002
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 21, 2007
Designated VLRSeptember 6, 2006[2]

Robert Tynes House, also known as Tynes Plantation, is a historic plantation house located near Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. The house was built in 1750 and is a two-story, three-bay, Georgian style brick dwelling with a gambrel roof. The interior features a center-passage single-pile plan. Also on the property are the contributing garden and well, smokehouse / frame shed, and kitchen foundation. In 1802, its owner Timothy Tynes granted manumission of his 81 slaves and the division of his 4,000 acre estate primarily to his slaves.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Kimble A. David (June 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Robert Tynes House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
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