High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Berkeley Plantation, one of the first great estates in America, comprises about 1,000 acres (4.0 km ) on the banks of the James River on State Route 5 in Charles City County, Virginia. Berkeley Plantation was originally called Berkeley Hundred and named after one of its founders of the 1618 land grant, Richard Berkeley. Benjamin Harrison IV built on the estate what is believed to be the oldest three-story brick mansion in Virginia and is the ancestral home to two Presidents of the United States: William Henry Harrison, his grandson, and Benjamin Harrison his great-great-grandson. The main house is the centerpiece of ten acres of formal gardens and parterres. The house is surrounded by boxwood hedges forming allees. Large pillars with decorative spires support large hinged gates. The house is constructed of red brick with thin mortar joints. The two story building is entered by a main entrance in the center of the house, with two symmetrical windows on either side and a central window directly above the door.

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