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Foster's Castle

Coordinates: 37°35′20″N 77°04′42″W / 37.58889°N 77.07833°W / 37.58889; -77.07833
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Foster's Castle
Foster's Castle is located in Virginia
Foster's Castle
Foster's Castle is located in the United States
Foster's Castle
LocationNortheast of Tunstall off VA 608, near Tunstall, Virginia
Coordinates37°35′20″N 77°04′42″W / 37.58889°N 77.07833°W / 37.58889; -77.07833
Area340 acres (140 ha)
Builtc. 1685 (1685), 1873
Architectural styleColonial, Tudor-Stuart
NRHP reference No.73002044[1]
VLR No.063-0003
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1973
Designated VLRJanuary 16, 1973[2]

Foster's Castle is a historic plantation house located near Tunstall, New Kent County, Virginia. It was built about 1685, as a 1+12-story, T-shaped brick building, with a two-story central projection at the front. The house is similar to neighboring Criss Cross. It was raised to a full two stories with a low pitched roof in 1873. Its builder, Colonel Joseph Foster, was a vestryman and supervisor of construction at St. Peter's Church.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

Fosters Castle, HABS Photo

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. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (October 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Foster's Castle" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
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