Chesapeake Bay 1798 Estate Auction!

Chesapeake Bay 1798 Estate Auction!

Chesapeake Bay 1798 Estate Auction!

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For anyone with children who can’t relate to their history classes, there is one experience that might turn them into historical fanatics - as long as you don’t tell them there is a Busch Gardens Amusement Park and Water Country USA on the outskirts of town. It is the historic Virginia triad of Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown with the restored Colonial buildings, excavated fort and the three replica schooners that brought the first colonists on the Susan Constant, the Godspeed and the Discovery across the Atlantic to America.

The idea of the Williamsburg restoration was a dream of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin of Williamsburg, who was successful in attracting the support of John D. Rockefeller. With Rockefeller’s financial backing, Williamsburg went through a full restoration that employed many of the townspeople as they excavated for foundations, collected artifacts and repaired and refurbished the remaining standing buildings. Today, full costume is worn by town volunteers; the original bakery, wig and tobacco shops and taverns are open to the public. Buildings include Virginia’s first capitol, the Governor’s Palace, Bruton Parish Church, the Powder Magazine and the Peyton Randolph House.

On the outskirts were famous plantation homes owned by the established elite who came to the area in the 1700s. Built in the same Colonial architectural style, the homes were large and gracious and staffed by servants and farm workers who were housed on the property. It was the period of the gentleman farmer who enjoyed a leisurely horseback ride among the fields with his overseer. These plantations would stay in the same families for generations, slowly adapting to changing times. One such rare offering from the 1700s at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay is soon going to auction.

The original Green Plains Plantation was established on property given to the Roy family by the Peyton family in 1798. It has only been owned by three families in its 217-year history, the Roys, the Cabots and the Longs. Sited on 617 acres with two miles of waterfront, buildings consist of the 7,000-square-foot Georgian brick plantation home, five Cape Cod bungalows and two barns, one an equestrian barn and one hay barn with 15 flexible stalls. There is a long private pier into deep water which will accommodate almost any sized boat. The home interior has the large scaled rooms favored by ladies in their hoop skirts, large windows and high ceilings. Accommodations were plentiful as the distance between plantations and to Williamsburg by buggy normally required visitors to stay overnight or visiting family members to stay for weeks. For more information.

Green Plains 1798 estate, 617 acres, two miles of waterfront, 7,000-square-foot home, five bungalows and two barns, at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Was listed at $22 million and most recently listed at $12 million. Going to auction with reserve on July 16th.

Source: premiereestates.com