Mount Airy Plantation
Mount Airy, near Warsaw in Richmond County, Virginia, is the first neo-Palladian villa mid-Georgian plantation house built in the United States. It was constructed in 1764 for Colonel John Tayloe II, perhaps the richest Virginia planter of his generation, upon the burning of his family's older house.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: plantation
- Description: plantation house in Richmond County, Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Mount Airy”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Northern Neck Regional Jail and Sabine Hall.
Northern Neck Regional Jail
Prison
Northern Neck Regional Jail is a jail in Warsaw, Virginia, which is located in Virginia's Northern Neck. The jail was completed in 1995. It employs 100 people and has a capacity of 460 inmates with its most recent addition completed in 2000. Northern Neck Regional Jail is situated 2,400 feet south of Mount Airy Plantation.
Sabine Hall
Building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Sabine Hall is a historic house located near Warsaw in Richmond County, Virginia. Built about 1734 by noted planter, burgess and patriot Landon Carter, it is one of Virginia's finest Georgian brick manor houses. Sabine Hall is situated 2 miles south of Mount Airy Plantation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Warsaw and Lyells.
Warsaw
Town
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Warsaw is an incorporated town in and the county seat of Richmond County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,637 at the 2020 census and is estimated to be 2,330 as of 2023. Warsaw is situated 2 miles southeast of Mount Airy Plantation.
Lyells
Hamlet
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lyells is an unincorporated community in Richmond County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Lyells is situated 4 miles northeast of Mount Airy Plantation.
Tappahannock
Town
Photo: Mojo Hand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tappahannock is the oldest town in Essex County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Tappahannock had a population of 2,193. Located on the Rappahannock River, Tappahannock is the county seat of Essex County. Tappahannock is situated 5 miles southwest of Mount Airy Plantation.
Mount Airy Plantation
- Location: Richmond, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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