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Eyre Hall
Eyre Hall is a plantation home located in Northampton, Virginia, close to Cheriton. The property has been owned by the Eyre family since 1668. The plantation was placed on the National Register on November 12, 1969. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on March 2, 2012.〔(Weekly List Of Actions Taken On Properties: 3/12/12 through 3/16/12 )〕
==History==
The property where Eyre Hall is located was first patented to the three sons of Thomas Eyre I in 1668 and included . A tract was purchased by Littleton Eyre, a great grandson of Thomas, in 1754 with the purpose to build a family seat and a working plantation. The original structure built in 1760 was a -square structure and was a 2½ story wooden home. The house was expanded, an intermediary section was raised to two stories in 1790 and a two story unit was added in 1807. The house was modernized in 1930 and included a large kitchen, a breakfast room, and a storage building.
The property grew periodically over the years too, as a dairy was built in 1760 and a smokehouse was built around 1806. The house is surrounded by boxwood gardens, and formal lawns and fields that melt away into the Cherrystone Creek. On the grounds is also a walled garden from the 1800s, the Eyre family cemetery, and the ruins of an orangery from 1819.
The estate is currently owned by H. Furlong Baldwin, a retired bank executive who is a descendant of Thomas Eyre.
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