NE of the jct. of VA 618 and VA 610, Surry, Virginia. County/parish: Surry.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 18, 1970. NRIS 70000826.
1 contributing building.
Four Mile Tree is the name of a plantation near Jamestown, Virginia that once encompassed two thousand acres (8 km2), it was situated on the south bank of the James River opposite Jamestown, four miles (6 km) further north. On a hill near the water's edge a handsome old house overlooks the river. This plantation, was the seat of the Browne family for two hundred years. The first owner, Colonel Henry Browne, was a member of Sir William Berkeley's Council in 1643. The plantation house constructed circa 1745 remains well-preserved in its original historical state.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683901