Virginia Department of Historic Resources Virginia Department of Historic Resources
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VLR Listing Date 04/15/1980
NRHP Listing Date 07/30/1980
NRHP Reference Number 80004211
Completed in 1862 for Samuel Pannill Wilson, an ardent secessionist who raised troops for the Confederacy, Windsor’s Italianate mansion and collection of outbuildings form the last of the elaborate antebellum plantation complexes built in Pittsylvania County by generations of rich planters and entrepreneurs. The layout follows patterns established in the colonial period, incorporating a formal, symmetrical residence, architecturally sophisticated outbuildings, geometric gardens, and prominent siting. Of particular interest is Windsor’s Victorian interior appointments which include original gasoliers, Brussels carpeting, and plasterwork ceiling medallions. One facade is embellished with a cast-iron veranda. Family tradition maintains that the Civil War prevented the erection of a similar veranda ordered for the opposite side. The parts of this veranda remain in their original packing cases here.
Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Updated: February 24, 2021
