Address Restricted, Hopewell, Virginia. County/parish: Charles City.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 12, 1969. NRIS 69000337.
1 contributing building. 9 contributing sites. 2 contributing structures.Also known as:
Eppes Island, also known as Shirley Hundred Island, is a 292 acre island and a historic home and archaeological site near Hopewell, Charles City County, Virginia. The island was originally settled as part of Shirley Hundred. The island contains five 17th century sites, two 18th century sites and one dwelling dated to about 1790.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
As of November 2024, it is still privately owned by the Eppes family, registered under Richard and Tara Eppes and designated as agricultural land.
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