Greenfield (Charlotte Court House, Virginia)
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| Location | E of Charlotte Court House on VA 656, near Charlotte Court House, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°4′1″N 78°35′2″W / 37.06694°N 78.58389°W |
| Area | 100 acres (40 ha) |
| Built | 1771 |
| NRHP reference No. | 73002000[1] |
| VLR No. | 019-0008 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 2, 1973 |
| Designated VLR | October 17, 1972[2] |
Greenfield is a historic plantation house located near Charlotte Court House, Charlotte County, Virginia. It was built in 1771 as the main residence of Isaac Read (1739–1777), a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. It is a frame dwelling consisting of a five-bay, single-pile, two-story main section flanked by two-bay one-story wings. It is topped by a shallow gable roof and the rear elevation features a full-width shed roof gallery.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1] Within Charlotte County, it is the oldest two-story frame house.[4]
Near the house, located at the intersection of George Washington Highway (Virginia Route 40) and Greenfield Road (County Route 656), is a marker that was put up in 1935, which is inscribed "Half a mile north is Greenfield, built in 1771 by Isaac Read. Read was a member of the House of Burgesses, 1769-1771, and of the Virginia conventions of 1774 and 1775. He served as an officer in the Revolutionary War, dying of wounds in 1777".[5]
One of its former owners was Thomas Jackson Charlton IV, a physician from Savannah, Georgia. He inherited it from his mother-in-law.[6]
