Kittiewan

Kittiewan
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Location	2.5 mi. SE of New Hope, near New Hope, Virginia
Coordinates	37°18′05″N 77°02′51″W
Area	85 acres (34 ha)
Built	c. 1750 (1750)
NRHP reference No.	79003316
VLR No.	018-0013
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 28, 1979
Designated VLR	September 20, 1977

Kittiewan, originally known as Millford, is a historic plantation house near New Hope, Charles City County, Virginia, US, built in the 18th century. it is a typical Colonial-period medium-size wood-frame Virginia Tidewater plantation house, comprising a 1+1⁄2-story, main section with a gable roof, with an original gable-roofed ell and later lean-to addition.

Kittiewan, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, ca. 1930s

Kittiewan, fireplace and panelled surround, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, ca. 1930s

Its first known owner was Dr. William Rickman, the first Director of Hospitals of the Continental Army in Virginia during the American Revolution. Stewardship of the house and surrounding 720 acres (2.9 km2) is administered by the Archeological Society of Virginia. The house and grounds are open to the public by appointment.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

External links

• Kittiewan Plantation - Managed by the Archeological Society of Virginia