Kittiewan, originally known as Millford, is a historic

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near New Hope, Charles City County, Virginia, US, built in the 18th century. It is a typical Colonial-period medium-size wood-frame Virginia Tidewater plantation house, comprising a -story, main section with a gable roof, with an original gable-roofed ell and later lean-to addition. Its first known owner was Dr. William Rickman, the first Director of Hospitals of the Continental Army in Virginia during the

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. an
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. The house and grounds are open to the public by appointment. It was added to the

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in 1978. In June 2024, what is thought to be a mass grave for Black Union soldiers was discovered on the grounds, possibly as a result of the

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in June 1864.

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Kittiewan Plantation
- Managed by the Archeological Society of Virginia Historic house museums in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia James River plantations Houses completed in 1750 Houses in Charles City County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Charles City County, Virginia Museums in Charles City County, Virginia Plantation houses in Virginia {{Virginia-museum-stub