Westover Plantation house and grounds, Charles City County, Virginia, circa 1940

Subjects: Gardens Residences
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Westover Plantation house and grounds, Charles City County, Virginia, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

The picture shows the red-brick Georgian mansion at Westover, with its flanking dependencies, white trim and green shutters, set behind a broad lawn and tall shade trees; the card's own caption calls it the "Westover Home and Garden of Colonial Virginia." Westover Plantation, on the James River in Charles City County, was built about 1730-1734 for William Byrd II and is celebrated for its symmetrical Georgian facade and surviving colonial outbuildings and formal garden layout. The caption's reference to "Colonial Virginia" reflects the card's appeal to the region's early-eighteenth-century plantation heritage.

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PublisherColourpicture Publishers, Inc.

WESTOVER HOME AND GARDEN OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA --- WESTOVER, one of the most beautiful places in America, located at the falls of the James River. William Byrd I settled on this estate about 1674. Illustrative of Virginia's finest colonial gardens and architecture. Now the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crane. 12085 A • COLOURPICTURE • PUBLICATION, CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U.S.A. THE RICHMOND NEWS COMPANY POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE

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Publisher	Colourpicture Publishers, Inc.
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Westover Plantation, VA
Place mentioned	Westover, VA
Publisher	Colourpicture Publication, Cambridge, MA
Notes	Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch grain; no white border; caption printed in the lower margin. No postmark — unused card. Divided-back "POST CARD" stock with one-cent stamp box; linen-textured Colourpicture publication, ca. 1930s–40s. Clean, no damage beyond light age toning.

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Westover Plantation house and grounds, Charles City County, Virginia, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/westover-plantation-house-and-grounds-charles-city-county-vi. Accessed October 25, 2026.