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Bryan Manor

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Bryan Manor
Site entrance
Nearest cityWilliamsburg, Virginia
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1757 (1757)
NRHP reference No.78003048[1]
VLR No.099-0065
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 14, 1978
Designated VLRJune 21, 1977[2]

Bryan Manor is a historic archaeological site located near Williamsburg, York County, Virginia. It is the site of a plantation established by Frederick Bryan after purchasing a 500-acre plot in 1757. A map by the French cartographer Desandrouin in 1781–1782 indicated a complex of five buildings. A survey in 1976 identified an unusual footing of bog iron bonded with shell mortar. Also on the site is the stone slab over the grave of John Bryan, one-year-old son of Frederick Bryan, who died in 1760.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Calder Loth, ed. (1999). The Virginia Landmarks Register: Bryan Manor (p. 559). University of Virginia Press. ISBN 9780813918624.