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41022
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Its names come from two generations of owners named Allen and a man who never set foot on its grounds. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, designated a state landmark, the Arthur Allen House reflects eighteenth century Virginia life, as house museum and historic site.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019,
p78-81
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Arthur Allen House--see also Bacon's House (Surry, Virginia); Architecture--Jacobean style ; Bacon, Nathaniel, 1647-1676; Plantations--Virginia--Bacon's Castle; Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities ; National Register of Historic Places--Virginia--Arthur Allen House; National Historical Landmarks--Virginia--Arthur Allen House
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13079
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Hung on the request of Sir William Berkeley, William Drummond, the first governor of North Carolina, was executed for a rebellion against the aristocracy of Virginia. The rebellion, led by Nathaniel Bacon, is reportedly the first uprising involving Englishmen in the New World.
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