Pleasant Point, Jamestown

Name: Pleasant Point
Address: Jamestown, United States

#7 among attractions in Jamestown

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Pleasant Point, also known as Crouches Creek Plantation, is a historic home located near Scotland, Surry County, Virginia. It was built about 1724, and is a 1 1/2-story, double pile frame dwelling with brick ends. It has a gable roof and originally had a hall-parlor plan, later modified to a central-hall plan. The interior woodwork was largely replaced in the 1950s, although it retains some original doors, framing and original bowfat in the dining room. Also on the property are a contributing dairy, smokehouse, laundry and a four-step terrace leading down to the bluffs overlooking the James River. ()

Built: 1724 (300 years ago)Coordinates: 37°10'25"N, 76°46'32"W

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Pleasant Point – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jamestown Church, Jamestown Settlement, Historic Jamestowne, Kingsmill Resort.

2.4 miN
Church
Jamestown Church, Jamestown Island
62 min walk • Jamestown Church is a site of profound historical significance nestled on Jamestown Island in Virginia, United States. It stands as a testament to the enduring legacy of America's earliest English settlers. The original church structure, which dates back to 1639, was...
3.6 miN
Museum, History museum, Park
Jamestown Settlement, Jamestown
91 min walk • Jamestown Settlement is a living history museum operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia, created in 1957 as Jamestown Festival Park for the 350th anniversary celebration.
2.6 miN
Museum, History museum, Archaeological museum
Historic Jamestowne, Jamestown
67 min walk • Historic Jamestown is the cultural heritage site that was the location of the 1607 James Fort and the later 17th-century town of Jamestown in America.
6.8 miNE
Golf
Kingsmill Resort, Busch Gardens Williamsburg
173 min walk • Kingsmill Resort is a vacation, conference, and golf resort in the eastern United States, located in James City County, Virginia, southeast of Williamsburg. It is located on a portion of the Kingsmill Plantation; the original plantation structures and their successors have long been in ruins.
3.3 miN
Entertainment, Historical place
Jamestown Glasshouse, Jamestown
84 min walk • The Jamestown Glasshouse is located in Jamestown, Virginia, between Jamestown Island, the location of the first permanent English settlement in North America, and Jamestown Settlement.
5.3 miSE
Historical place, Architecture, History museum
Bacon's Castle, Surry
136 min walk • Bacon's Castle, also variously known as "Allen's Brick House" or the "Arthur Allen House" is located in Surry County, Virginia, United States, and is the oldest documented brick dwelling in what is now the United States.
2.5 miN
Protected area
Island Drive, Jamestown
65 min walk • Island Drive is a small road in Jamestown, Virginia. The road, which is a part of Colonial National Historical Park, has a three-mile short route, and a five mile long route.
2.5 miW
History museum, Museum, Georgian architecture
Smith's Fort Plantation, Surry
65 min walk • Smith's Fort Plantation is a house and parcel of land located in Surry County, Virginia, United States. The current main house on the property, also known as the Faulcon House, dates from 1751.
5.2 miE
National park
Hog Island Wildlife Management Area
132 min walk • Hog Island Wildlife Management Area is a 3,908-acre Wildlife Management Area along the lower James River in Virginia. It comprises three separate tracts of land: The Hog Island and Carlisle tracts in Surry County, and the Stewart Tract in Isle of Wight County.
4.1 miSW
Visitor center
Surry County Courthouse Complex, Surry
104 min walk • Surry County Courthouse Complex is a historic courthouse complex located at Surry, Surry County, Virginia.
2.9 miNW
Archaeological site
Swann's Point Plantation Site, Jamestown
74 min walk • The Swann's Point Plantation Site is an archaeological site near the James River in Surry County, Virginia. The Swann's Point area, located west of the mouth of Gray Creek, has a rich historic of precolonial Native American occupation, as well as significant early colonial settlements.