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Brightly
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	2844 River Rd W, near Goochland, Virginia
Coordinates	37°40′38″N 77°52′59″W / 37.67722°N 77.88306°W / 37.67722; -77.88306
Area	31 acres (13 ha)
Built	c. 1842 (1842)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	06000705
VLR No.	037-0004
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 16, 2006
Designated VLR	June 8, 2006

Brightly is a historic plantation house located near Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia. The main dwelling was built about 1842, and is a two-story, single pile, central-passage-plan, gable-roofed brick dwelling in the Greek Revival style. The front facade features a one-story, one-bay Greek Revival Doric order porch. Also on the property are the contributing pair of slave dwellings, privy, granary, chicken house, barn, well house, windmill, cemetery and the gate posts.

The house now serves as a small bed and breakfast.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. John E. Wells and Mary Harding Sadler (March 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brightly" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos

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