Eppington Plantation
Eppington in 1969
Eppington is a historic plantation home located near Winterpock, Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was built about 1768, and consists of a three-bay, 2 1/2-story, central block with hipped roof, dormers, modillioned cornice, and flanking one-story wings in the Georgian style. It has a later two-story rear ell. It features two tall exterior end chimneys which rise from the roof of the wings. Its builder, Francis Eppes, was brother-in-law and first cousin of Martha Jefferson (1748–1782), the wife of Thomas Jefferson. After her death, Eppes and his wife raised Jefferson's two daughters, while their father was Minister to France. One of the daughters, Lucy Elizabeth, died in 1784 and was buried at Eppington. Mary (Polly) Jefferson (1778–1804), married in 1797 her cousin, John Wayles Eppes (1772–1823) and spent much of her time at Eppington.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
Text source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eppington
National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Eppington (1969) PDF
Eppington Plantation Website nps.gov
Pictures below taken Oct. 2014
