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Brooke's Bank
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Brooke's Bank, HABS Photo
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Location	1 mi. E of Loretto, 1.4 mi. N of VA 17, near Loretto, Virginia
Coordinates	38°05′11″N 77°01′13″W / 38.08639°N 77.02028°W / 38.08639; -77.02028
Area	435 acres (176 ha)
Built	1751 (1751)
Architectural style	Colonial, Georgian
NRHP reference No.	71000976
VLR No.	028-0007
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 28, 1971
Designated VLR	June 1, 1971

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.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (May 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brooke's Bank" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

External links

• Brooke's Bank, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Loretto, Essex County, VA: 1 photo, 15 measured drawings, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

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