Minute Walk in History - Bacon's Castle (Bacon's Rebellion)

Take a walk in history on the grounds and in the home originally built by Arthur Allen in 1850. It had predominantly been known as Allen's Brick House prior to the rebellion against Governor William Berkeley of Jamestown and the Virginia Colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon in 1676. It was built as a lavish plantation mansion, the oldest standing brick dwelling in the United States. However, when seventy or so men of Bacon's militia occupied the house and used it as a fort during the latter days of the rebellion for three months, Bacon's Castle is what it would be referred to from then on.
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