Bacon’s Castle

Bacon's Castle is located in Surry County, Virginia. It is the oldest documented brick dwelling in what is now the United States. Built in 1665, it is noted as an extremely rare example of Carolean architecture in the New World.

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Type: Museum
Description: located in Surry County, Virginia, USA, and is Virginia’s oldest documented brick dwelling
Also known as: “Allen’s Brick House” and “Arthur Allen House”
Address: 465 Bacons Castle Trail, 23883

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old Brick Church.

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 3,800 feet west of Bacon’s Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rushmere.

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 4 miles southeast of Bacon’s Castle.

Bacon’s Castle

Categories: plantation, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
Location: Surry, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.10906° or 37° 6′ 33″ north

Longitude

-76.72237° or 76° 43′ 21″ west

Open location code

8795475H+J3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 857287953

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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Wikidata ID

Q4839914

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to German—“Bacon’s Castle” goes by many names.

Chinese: “培根堡”
German: “Bacon’s Castle”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bacon’s Castle Baptist Church and Lower Surry Cemetery.

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