Birdwood

William Garth built this two-story brick plantation house between 1819 and 1830, and by 1850 was working the land with 52 enslaved people — producing tobacco, corn, wheat, wool, and butter. It's been suggested that Jefferson's workmen helped raise the buildings; the shared classical character of Birdwood and the nearby University of Virginia pavilions makes the case. The University of Virginia acquired the property starting in 1967 and built the golf course that now surrounds it. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.