W of Petersburg off VA 632, Petersburg, Virginia. County/parish: Dinwiddie.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 23, 1974. NRIS 74002115.
4 contributing buildings. 2 contributing structures.
Wales is a historic house and site in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It was built in 1730 by Captain Howell Briggs of the Virginia Militia on a tract of land a few miles west of Petersburg, Virginia, in what was then Prince George County. Dinwiddie County was formed from Prince George in 1752. Briggs is said to have named his plantation "Wales" after the Prince of Wales.
Wales was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The area listed was 94 acres (38 ha) and includes four contributing buildings and two contributing structures.
The main house is a five-part Palladian architecture composition and is a Virginia Historic Landmark.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680417