Brooke's Bank

1 mi. E of Loretto, 1.4 mi. N of VA 17, Loretto, Virginia. County/parish: Essex.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 28, 1971. NRIS 71000976.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Brooke's Bank

Brooke's Bank is a historic plantation house located near Loretto, Essex County, Virginia. It was built in 1751, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling with a hipped roof in the Georgian style. It has two 20th century one-story brick wings. The original interior woodwork of Brooke's Bank survives almost completely intact. During the American Civil War, it was shelled by the USS Parmee, a Union gunboat on the Rappahannock River.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680449

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