White Plains Farm & Vineyard

Chronicles two centuries of a historic Virginia family farm

The plantation originated in a 362 acre tract that Robert Ellett Jr. acquired by 1787 from land formerly was owned by William Lemay whose heirs sold it to Thomas Ellett in 1786. By 1791 structural improvements were built on the property. Over the years, White Plains passed through a series of owners including Dabneys, Wallaces and Winns. Between 1957 and 1958, Dallas H. and Eugenia E. Smith enlarged the dwelling with an architecturally appropriate wing. The current owners withstood four years of restoration to present White Plains as an award winning restored home place and vineyard.

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