# Pop Castle

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{{Short description|Historic house in Virginia, US}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
  | name = Pop Castle
  | nrhp_type = 
  | designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register
  | designated_other1_date =December 13, 1988<ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref>
  | designated_other1_number = 051-0075
  | designated_other1_num_position = bottom 
  | image = Pop Castle estate entrance.jpg
  | caption = Property entrance
  | location= VA 659 on the Rappahannock River, near [White Stone, Virginia](/source/White_Stone%2C_Virginia)
  | coordinates = {{coord|37|38|28|N|76|25|32|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Virginia#USA
  | built = {{Start date|1855}}
  | architecture = Greek Revival
  | added = June 16, 1989
  | area = {{convert|12.1|acre}}
  | refnum = 89000505<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}

'''Pop Castle''' is a historic [plantation house](/source/Plantation_house_in_the_Southern_United_States) located near [White Stone](/source/White_Stone%2C_Virginia), [Lancaster County, Virginia](/source/Lancaster_County%2C_Virginia).  It was built in 1855, and is a two-story, five-bay, gable roofed frame dwelling with [Greek Revival](/source/Greek_Revival_architecture) style details. It has a single pile, [central passage plan](/source/Central-passage_house) and two exterior end chimneys. It rests partly on the foundations of an 18th-century dwelling. Also on the property are the contributing [antebellum](/source/Antebellum_South) [granary](/source/granary) and a roughly contemporary [smokehouse](/source/smokehouse).  The property also includes the archaeological remains of most related service structures.<ref name="vaNRHPnom">{{cite web |url=https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Lancaster/051-0075_Pop_Castle_1989_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pop Castle|author=Camille Wells| date=November 1988|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Lancaster/Pop_Castle_photo.htm ''Accompanying photo'']</ref>

It was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1989.<ref name=nris/>

==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}

Category:Plantation houses in Virginia
Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Category:Greek Revival houses in Virginia
Category:Houses completed in 1855
Category:Houses in Lancaster County, Virginia
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster County, Virginia
Category:1855 establishments in Virginia

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