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Mount Airy, near Warsaw in Richmond County, Virginia, is the first neo-Palladian villa mid-Georgian plantation house built in the United States. It was constructed in 1764 for Colonel John Tayloe II, perhaps the richest Virginia planter of his generation, upon the burning of his family's older house.
Mount Airy Plantation House, Virginia. In 1748 he began building the mansion "Mount Airy," on a hilltop on the north bank of the Rappahannock River in Richmond County, in the Northern Neck of Virginia. He had inherited the plantation from his father, and it was formerly known as "Tayloe's Quarter."
Planter, Agent. Known for. Virginia Planter, Progenitor of the Tayloe's of Mount Airy. Col. John Tayloe I (February 15, 1688 – November 15, 1747) was one of the richest plantation owners and businessmen in Virginia for his generation.
3 paź 2014 · Mount Airy. Built in 1758 by John Tayloe II, Mount Airy was the first plantation house in the colonies built in the manner of a neo-Palladian villa.
The land where Mount Airy is situated had been owned by the Tayloe family of Virginia since 1682 when Colonel John Tayloe II, a fourth generation tobacco planter, began construction of the house using a mixture of enslaved and indentured laborers combined with highly-talented masons and woodworkers.
18 lis 2023 · Compare DNA and explore genealogy for John Tayloe I born 1688 Mount Airy, Richmond Co., Va died 1747 Richmond Co., Virginia including ancestors + descendants + 2 photos + 1 genealogist comments + DNA connections + more in the free family tree community.
Three plantation journals relating to the Mount Airy Plantation, owned by the Tayloe family, near Warsaw in Richmond County, Va., and other plantations in the area. One volume, the first page of which carries the name John Tayloe, contains a daily record of work completed at Mount Airy in 1805.
