Bacon’s Castle
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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. The population was 1,018 at the 2010 census. 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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.10906° or 37° 6′ 33″ northLongitude
-76.72237° or 76° 43′ 21″ westOpen location code
8795475H+J3OpenStreetMap ID
way 857287953OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata 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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