Prospect
- On the Register
- since May 19, 2004
- Significant for
- Agriculture, Architecture
- Importance
- Local
- Type
- Building
- Where
- Near Weems, VA (3.8 mi from the town center)
Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About
Prospect is a historic plantation house located near Topping, Middlesex County, Virginia. The house was constructed between 1820 and 1850, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, frame dwelling with a gable roof in the Federal style. Two 38-foot chimneys abut each end of the house and the front and rear facades have identical gable-roofed porticos. Also on the property are the contributing 19th-century carriage house, an early 1900s farm shed, and the original brick-lined well.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
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Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 41681946 · Wikidata.