Nottoway's Plantation Dates Back 150 Years
John Randoplh acquired the land in 1855 and then spent the years until 1859 planning and overseein the architectuarl details to the mansion.The Nottoway mansion survived the Civil War, many different owners, and other challenges until today.
John Randolph's Dice Game
This game was in John Randolph's man cave and made it through the Civil War Era. The dice game would occupy John's time when we wanted to escape from all of his business affiliations, his wife, and his many children. This game is somwhat similar to present day dice game, Yahtzee.
Natural History
Many of the trees that can be found in and around the mansion are trees. These trees are a natural history because some of them may have been on the land before John Randolph and his family moved there. Some of these beautiful, and enormous, trees can be dated back to over 200 years old.