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CENTRAL HALL, FIRST FLOOR, LOOKING SOUTH - Berkeley, State Route 5 vicinity, Charles City, Charles City, VA
Photographer
Lowe, Jet
Title
CENTRAL HALL, FIRST FLOOR, LOOKING SOUTH - Berkeley, State Route 5 vicinity, Charles City, Charles City, VA
Description
Harrison, William Henry; Harrison, Benjamin; Morris, Scott, transmitter
Depicted place Virginia; Charles City; Charles City
Date 1981
date QS:P571,+1981-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS VA,19-CHARC.V,4-24
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Berkeley began as a settlement known as Berkeley-Hundred, patented in 1618. The property was purchased in 1722 by Benjamin Harrison IV, for whom the present house is believed to have been completed in 1726. His son, Benjamin Harrison V, born at Berkeley, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Virginia for 3 terms. Also born there was the signer's younger son, William Henry Harrison, 9th President. In 1862, Berkeley served as a camp and supply base for Union troops...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-233, FN-234, FN-235, FN-236, FN-237
  • Survey number: HABS VA-363
  • Building/structure dates: 1726 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Subsequent Work
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