Water St., Port Royal, Virginia. County/parish: Caroline.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 29, 1994. NRIS 94000791.
2 contributing sites. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
Townfield, or Robert Gilchrist House, is a historic home located at Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia. The original section was built between 1740 and 1747, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, central passage plan frame dwelling in the Georgian style. It has a gable roof and dining room and a projecting pavilion addition built in 1823. Attached to the original house is a two-story, gable-roofed, Federal hall-and-parlor-plan addition, constructed in 1857 at a right angle to the dining room. This forms the stem of the overall "L" plan. Also on the property is a contributing family cemetery.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It is located in the Port Royal Historic District
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679971