Ben Lomond Plantation

Ben Lomond Plantation, also known simply as Ben Lomond, is a historic plantation house and heritage site at Bull Run in Prince William County, Virginia. The property is significant primarily as a surviving nineteenth-century domestic and agricultural complex rather than as a contemporary commercial brand. Its principal residence was built in 1837 as a substantial two-story, five-bay dwelling constructed of red sandstone. The house follows a central-hall plan and has a gable roof, with one-story pedimented porches protecting the principal north entrance and the rear south entrance. A one-story frame kitchen addition forms part of the historic domestic arrangement. The wider property preserves several associated buildings that help document the operation and social structure of the plantation. Contributing resources include a two-story frame tenant house, a brick pumphouse, and a bunkhouse dating from the early twentieth century. Other surviving structures include a meat house, dairy, and slave quarters attributed to the late 1830s. These buildings place the main residence within a larger agricultural landscape and preserve evidence of the labor, domestic, and support facilities connected with the site. The presence of slave quarters is an essential part of the property's historical interpretation, linking the house to the institution of slavery in antebellum Virginia rather than presenting it solely as an architectural landmark. Ben Lomond was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The listing recognizes the architectural and historical importance of the house and its related resources. The property is owned by Prince William County and is open for tours as a Civil War-period historic house museum. Its public role is therefore centered on preservation, interpretation, and heritage tourism. No separate commercial product lines, corporate parent, publicly traded status, or branded consumer offerings are documented in the available reference material.

Ben Lomond Plantation is a historic property at Bull Run in Prince William County, Virginia. The principal house was constructed in 1837, placing the site within the antebellum period of Virginia history. The dwelling is a two-story, five-bay red sandstone structure with a gable roof and a central-hall interior arrangement. Its north and south entrances are sheltered by one-story pedimented porches, while a one-story frame kitchen addition extends the domestic facilities of the main house. The property was not limited to the main residence. Its surviving resources include a late-nineteenth-century-era agricultural and domestic complex, with a frame two-story tenant house, brick pumphouse, and bunkhouse dating to the early twentieth century. A meat house and dairy are also preserved, along with slave quarters dated to the late 1830s. Together, these structures provide physical evidence of the plantation's residential, agricultural, and labor systems. The slave quarters are particularly important to interpreting the lives and conditions of enslaved people associated with the property and to understanding the broader social history of antebellum Virginia. Ben Lomond was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The designation reflects the significance of the principal house and associated contributing resources as a historic architectural and cultural landscape. The site is owned by Prince William County, which makes it available for public tours as a Civil War-period historic house museum. Its present function is preservation and public interpretation rather than agricultural production or commercial branding. Available references do not identify a founder, a current business operator separate from the county, a dedicated official website, or a documented sequence of commercial campaigns and corporate decisions.

• 1980

  National Register of Historic Places listing

  [1]Ben Lomond Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Ben Lomond was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of its architectural and historical significance.

• 1837

  Construction of the principal house

  [1]Ben Lomond Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  The two-story, five-bay red sandstone plantation house was built at Bull Run in Prince William County, Virginia.

• 1837

  Construction of associated plantation resources

  [1]Ben Lomond Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  The property's late-1830s resources include a meat house, dairy, and slave quarters, forming part of the wider historic complex.

• Public historic house museum

  [1]Ben Lomond Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  The property is owned by Prince William County and is open for tours as a Civil War-period historic house museum.

A publicly owned historic house museum and preserved plantation complex interpreting nineteenth-century architecture, plantation operations, slavery, and the Civil War-period history of Prince William County.

1. 1Ben Lomond Plantationen.wikipedia.org