Bolling Island
Virginia, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
Bolling Island is a plantation house overlooking the upper James River near Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia. Its original frame east wing dates from 1771, and the two-story hipped-roof brick core was built between 1800 and 1810. Remodeled between 1820 and 1835 as a Greek Revival villa for Thomas Bolling, it gained a two-story portico with a Chinese lattice railing and an orangery, reflecting influence from Thomas Jefferson. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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- Type
- plantation
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place, Virginia Historic Landmark
- Place
- Virginia, United States
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