Address Restricted, Varina, Virginia. County/parish: Henrico.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 29, 1977. NRIS 77001489.
2 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.
Varina Farms, also known as Varina Plantation or Varina Farms Plantation or Varina on the James, is a plantation established in the 17th century on the James River about 10 miles (16 km) south of Richmond, Virginia. An 820-acre (330 ha) property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as "Varina Plantation". At that time it included two contributing buildings and one other contributing site.
It was established 50 miles (80 km) from the first settlement at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony, and across the river from Henricus, established by Thomas Dale in 1611. Varina Farm, as it is now called, was still a working, privately owned farm in 1977. In 2024, the county government of Henrico purchased the site for historic and environmental preservation.
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