Ferry Plantation House - A Historic Site in Virginia Beach, Virginia

Brought to you by the Friends of Ferry Plantation House

Annual Caroling Hayride

The Annual Caroling Hayride is on December 10th, $2.00 per person.The first hayride leaves the Food Lion located at the Pembroke Meadows Shopping Center at the Corner of Pembroke Blvd. and Independance Blvd. at 11:30 am and will continue to pick up passengers every 20 minutes until 3pm.

Dress warm and wear your Santa hat and join in the caroling to the Historic Ferry PLantation House. St. Nicholas will greet you and costumed docents will take you on tours through the historic house. Enjoy hot cider or hot chocolate with cookies and a hot dog from the pit fire outside. Decorate a pine cone with peanut butter and bird seeds and hang it on a tree for our animal friends to enjoy when the cold weather comes. Stay as long as you like. The hayrides take you back to the parking lot when you wish to leave. Happy Hollidays from the Friends of the Ferry Plantation House.

About the Ferry Plantation House

Painting of Ferry Plantation House by Casey HoltzingerARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
This Federal Style home stands three-stories and three bays wide at its central block and is constructed of brick laid in a three-course American bond. There are one bay additions projecting from either end of the home, one is brick and the other of wood frame construction. The main block features two interior chimneys and the brick addition features one exterior chimney. The land side of the home is dominated by a two story wooden porch constructed in the colonial revival style in the 1950s. The interior of the home contains a large central hall with flanking rooms. There are original mantels, original historic 6" heart pine flooring and floor framing, as well as historic wooden trim and interior shutters.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Construction Date: 1830, main house; 1850 addition
Outbuildings: No
Acreage of Site: +/- 0.1 acre owned by City; 2 acres of open space by Homeowners Association
Architect or Builder: George McIntosh
Historical Use: Plantation, Courthouse, Tavern, School
Present Use: Museum and Office Space for Non-Profit Office
Ferry Plantation House is a 1830 brick structure (once covered with oyster shell stucco) with a ten-room central passage plan. It's an example of a Federal farm house, built by slave labor, and faces the Western Branch of the Lynnhaven River as the last witness to the rich past of the site's recorded history. The third courthouse, which was also the first brick courthouse in the county, was on this site; the stately Walke mansion, circa 1751, was destroyed by fire in 1828.

The existing Ferry Plantation House was built, in part, of bricks salvaged from the ruins. It is currently being renovated by Friends of the Ferry Plantation House, Inc. in partnership with the City of Virginia Beach. The house is open year round to the public as a museum for tours and educational center.

 INFORMATION FOR TOURISTS

Location: 4136 Cheswick Lane, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455

Phone: 757-473-5182

Hours: Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays 10 a.m. -4p.m. (Last tour starts at 3:30 p.m.) Group and bus tours by reservation only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

If the Virginia State Flag is flying, we are open for tours.  Please pull the bell and enter.

Tour Donation is $5.00 for adults and $2.00 for Senior Citizens and Students

Members Tour for FREE
 

The Ferry Plantation House

4136 Cheswick Lane
Virginia Beach, VA  23455
(757) 473-5182
info@ferryplantation.org

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