Provost

4801 Cartersville Rd., Powhatan, Virginia. County/parish: Powhatan.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 22, 1999. NRIS 99001603.

4 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • 072-0055
  • Oakville

From Wikipedia:

Provost (Powhatan, Virginia)

Provost is a historic home located near Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1800, as a 1+12-story, three-bay, frame dwelling. It was expanded by an additional three bays in the mid-19th century. The building housed a general store that operated there from at least 1867 until about 1945, and a post office from 1902 to 1939. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse with attached wash house (formerly a blacksmith shop), a corn house and a machine shed.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682644

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