6 mi. N of Mechanicsville off VA 606, near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Area
125 acres (51 ha)
NRHP reference No.
75002021[1]
VLR No.
042-0029
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
June 5, 1975
Designated VLR
March 18, 1975[2]
Rural Plains, also informally known as Shelton House, is a historic farm house dating to the 1660s in Mechanicsville, Virginia, Hanover County; it is one of the sites included within the Richmond National Battlefield Park.[3] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[4]
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^"Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^"Ceremony Marking Transfer of Historic Rural Plains to the National Park Service - Richmond National Battlefield Park (U.S. National Park Service)". Nps.gov. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
^"Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Virginia Landmarks Register & National Register of Historic Places". www.dhr.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
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