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Chesterville Plantation Site is a historic archaeological site located on the grounds of NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The main house was built about 1771, and was a two-story brick house set on a high basement, with a three-bay gable end front, and stuccoed brick walls. The site includes the remains of the house, the ruins ...
Apr 21, 2024 · The Chesterville Plantation Site property was acquired by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1950. A 2022 updated nomination changes the property name from “Chesterville Plantation Site” to the “Chesterville Site.”. Chesterville Site better reflects the multi-component nature of the site. In light of more recent ...
May 15, 2014 · Wythe inherited the family plantation in the 1750s and operated it until the 1790s. After Chesterville’s sale in 1802, the Hudgins and Winder families owned and farmed it until the 1930s; the house was destroyed by fire in 1911. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics purchased Chesterville in 1950.
Chesterville was the birthplace and plantation of George Wythe, lawyer, teacher, and guiding light to men like Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall. Jefferson called Wythe "my faithful and beloved mentor in youth and my most affectionate friend through life."
Oct 22, 2013 · Chesterville Plantation. in Homesteads. Posted by: NASA Langley CRGIS. N 37° 06.200 W 076° 23.306. 18S E 376626 N 4107237. Colonial plantation owned by George Wythe, the first Virginian to sign the Declaration of Independence. Waymark Code: WMJB11. Location: Virginia, United States. Date Posted: 10/22/2013.
Oct 29, 2013 · The Cloverdale Plantation was derived from portions of the Moorefield Plantation, the Chesterville Plantation, and the William Moore Tract by James M. Vaughan and his son Robert H. Vaughan. The complex nature of obtaining documentation dating as far back as the early 1600’s and tracing the ownership history of any property that resided formerly in Elizabeth City County, now Hampton, can ...
Dec 2, 2021 · Chesterville was the name of the Wythe family plantation in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, alongside the Back River. The property would grow to eventually encompass 1,050 acres, beginning with a modest purchase by George Wythe's great-grandfather, Thomas Wythe I, in 1691. George Wythe inherited the property after the death of his older ...
