NE of Washington on VA 729, Washington, Virginia. County/parish: Rappahannock.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 28, 1979. NRIS 79003075.
8 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.
Ben Venue is a historic home and farm located near Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia. The main house was built between 1844 and 1846, and is a three-story, five-bay, brick dwelling with a side gable roof and parapets. It features a one-story porch that covers the central three bays; it has four Doric order columns supporting a bracketed entablature. The property also includes three brick slave cabins, the original Fletcher homestead, kitchen, smokehouse, privy, and a formal garden.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682819