by 1665, arthur allen has completed arthur allen's brickhouse. by the time he completed building this house he is already in his 60's. he lived here for four years and then passes away. he was born and raised in england, which has a high number of jacobian architectural structures. it makes a lot of sense that this was the high-fashion. when he built his house in the wilderness of surrey county, he decided what he wants to do is build a house in the style he remembers, high-fashion. this is what he wants to do. he builds a style that has stables, chimneys. he built it in a 2-1, 2-room, and two-room plan. you have four large rooms. you have your porch tower and stair tower in the back in surrey tradition. it is already out of date. nobody in england has been building jacobian architectural style for the past 50 years. it is just not being done, which is why this style is so rare to find in this hemisphere. there was nobody in north america building to that level at that time. after he passes away, the estate goes to arthur allen ii. he has been ed

originally called arthur allen's brickhouse, we learn about the structure and some virginians who called it home. in the director of the museum. today we are a weekend castle. -- bacon's castle. bacon's castle is on the national register of historic sites. we are the oldest dwelling in north america. it is a very rare architectural style. it's youthe other two are invertedn barbados. this room would have been directly above where visitors would have entered into bacon's castle until the addition was built and the entrance was moved. you can really get a fantastic view of why we specifically refer to this house as being in the style of architecture and that would be if you look out the window you can see the flemish gables and the triple stacked to on either side -- chimney on either side of the house. on the opposite side we have hme on the second -- a chimney on the second floor and a kitchen fireplace. this is where we have the chance to get up close and personal with the architectural style. this is the anniversary of its being built, it was built in 1665 stop we are very excited we a

originally called arthur allen's brickhouse, we learn about the structure and some of the virginians who called it home. jennifer: my name is jennifer hurst-wender, the director of the museum. today we are bacon's castle. in surrey county, virginia. bacon's castle is on the national register of historic sites. we are the oldest brick dwelling in north america. the house boasts a very rare architectural style. it's called high jacobean architecture and there are only three examples of this style of architecture in the entire west hemisphere. the other two are in barbados. this is the only one in the united states. and this room would have been directly above where visitors would have initially entered into bacon's castle in 1665 until the addition was built and the entrance was moved. but it is from this room that you can really get a fantastic view of why we specifically refer to this house as being in the jacobian style of architecture and that would be if you look out the window you can see these flemish gables and you can see the triple stack chimney, on a diagonal on either side