River House
River House is a historic building in Surry, Virginia. River House is situated nearby to Chippokes Farm Museum, as well as near the historic building Sawmill Exhibit.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bacon’s Castle and Surry Nuclear Power Plant.
Bacon’s Castle
Museum
Photo: Yellowute, Public domain.
Bacon's Castle, also variously known as "Allen's Brick House" or the "Arthur Allen House" is located in Surry County, Virginia, United States, and is the oldest documented brick dwelling in what is now the United States. Bacon’s Castle is situated 2½ miles south of River House.
Surry Nuclear Power Plant
Power station
Photo: ENERGY.GOV, Public domain.
Surry Power Station is a nuclear power plant located in Surry County in southeastern Virginia, in the South Atlantic United States. The power station lies on an 840-acre site adjacent to the James River across from Jamestown, slightly upriver from Smithfield and Newport News. Surry Nuclear Power Plant is situated 2½ miles northeast of River House.
Old Brick Church
Church
Photo: Natwebb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Brick Church variously known as the Lawnes Creek Parish Church or the Lower Surry Church is a historic church in Bacon's Castle, Virginia. The lower chapel of the Southwark Parish was a brick rectangular room church built in 1754 about a mile northwest of Bacon's Castle, in Surry County, Virginia. Old Brick Church is situated 2½ miles south of River House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scotland and Jamestown.
Scotland
Village
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scotland also known as Scotland Wharf is a census-designated place in Surry County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Scotland had a population of 153. Scotland is situated 4½ miles northwest of River House.
Jamestown
Locality
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The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located, in what later became James City County, on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi southwest of present-day Williamsburg. Jamestown is situated 5 miles northwest of River House.
Rushmere
Village
Rushmere is a census-designated place in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Rushmere had a population of 1,175. Rushmere is situated 6 miles southeast of River House.
River House
- Type: Historic building
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Surry, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.14229° or 37° 8′ 32″ northLongitude
-76.7268° or 76° 43′ 37″ westOpen location code
879547RF+W7OpenStreetMap ID
way 419783720OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=building
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