Kenmore Plantation

Infobox_nrhp | name =Kenmore
nrhp_type = nhl

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caption = Kenmore Plantation, July 2006
location= 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Virginia
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 17
lat_seconds = 42
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 27
long_seconds = 59
long_direction = W
locmapin = Virginia
area = convert|1|acre|m2|sing=on
built =1852
architect= Unknown
architecture= Georgian
designated= April 15, 1970cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=869&ResourceType=Building
title=Kenmore Plantation |accessdate=2008-06-26|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = June 04, 1969cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=69000325

Kenmore, perhaps also known as Kenmore Plantation, was the home of Fielding Lewis in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Fielding was married to Betty Washington Lewis, the sister of George Washington. The house was built in the 1770s on a convert|1300|acre|km2|sing=on plantation. The property was purchased by the Gordon family in 1819. They named it "Kenmore" for the home of their ancestors in Scotland.

The house is notable for the remarkable decorative plaster work on the ceilings of many rooms on the first floor.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/69000325.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Kenmore] |32 KB|date=1974-10-17 |author=James Dillon |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/69000325.pdf "Accompanying nine photos, exterior and interior, from 1967, 1969, and undated"] |32 KB]

Kenmore is owned and operated as a museum by The George Washington Foundation (formerly George Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation), and is open daily for guided tours. The Foundation also owns nearby Ferry Farm.

References

External links

* [http://kenmore.org/kenmore_homepage.html Historic Kenmore]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va1073 Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA: 63 photos, 19 drawings, 3 data pages] , [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va1257 Kenmore, Office: 1 photo] , and [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va1258 Kenmore, Kitchen: 2 photos] , at Historic American Building Survey