Shirley Plantation Restaurant Virginia. Yes, this restaurant is off the beaten bath both figuratively and in reality. Berkeley plantation is the most historic plantation on the james river and is located between williamsburg and richmond, virginia.
Shirley plantation has the distinction of being the oldest virginia plantation in the old dominion dating to 1623. The original name of the plantation was the west and shirley hundred, named after its owner sir thomas west and his wife lady cecily shirley. Here in virginia, we are always looking for new opportunities to appreciate our beautiful state.
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It was founded in 1613 but construction on the great house did not begin until 1723. Shirley plantation is virginia’s oldest plantation founded in 1613 after a royal land grant carved the plantation out of the virginia frontier. It was founded in 1613 but construction on the great house did not begin until 1723. Berkeley is the site of the first official thanksgiving as well as the ancestral home of benjamin harrison v, a signer of the declaration of independence, his son, ninth u.s.