Prestwould

Infobox_nrhp | name =Prestwould
nrhp_type = nhl


caption = HABS photo
nearest_city= Clarksville, Virginia
locmapin = Virginia
area = 46 acres
built =1795
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= July 31, 2003cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=22252655&ResourceType=Building
title=Prestwould |accessdate=2008-04-15|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 01, 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=69000260

Prestwould is a historic home near Clarksville, Virginia. It is the most intact and best documented plantation surviving in Southside Virginia.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2003.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/69000260.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Prestwould] |32 KB|date=September 1, 2001 |author=Hudgins, Carter L., Edward Chappell, and John H. Sprinkle, Jr.|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/69000260.pdf "Accompanying 17 photos, exterior and interior, from 2001 and 2002"] |32 KB] citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Mecklenburg/058-0045_Prestwould_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Prestwould] |32 KB|date=April 28, 1969 |author=Staff, Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, James W. Moody, Jr., Director|publisher=National Park Service]

It is located on the north side of the Roanoke River, .1 mile inland, approximately .6 miles southwest of the intersection of Route 15 and Route 701, and approximately one mile north of Clarksville's city limits.

References

External links

* [http://vintagedesigns.com/fam/prestwould/index.htm Prestwould, the house and touring information]
* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Mecklenburg/Prestwould_photo.htm Prestwould, Mecklenburg County, one photo at Virginia DHR]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va0755 Prestwould Plantation, U.S. Route 15 vicinity, Clarksville vicinity, Mecklenburg County, VA: 4 photos, 23 drawings, 2 data pages] , at Historic American Building Survey
* [http://www.scalamandre.com/tour/prest/prest.htm Scalamandre restoration work at Prestwould]