Briarfield in Hampton, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
The Todd Farmhouse
Later Known as the Johnson House
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The Todd Farmhouse, a Queen Anne style home with four bedrooms, was built in 1898. When the New Deal helped to finance the African-American development of Aberdeen Gardens, the Todd Farm and others adjoining int made up Aberdeen's 440 acres, in what was then rural Elizabeth City County. Chickens, cows, and pigs raised by Aberdeeners blended with the landscape, and a strong working-class community grew community grew up almost immediately. Aberdeen was one of the New Deal's great successes.
The largest family to apply for housing, Daisy and Wesley Johnson and their ten children, moved into the Todd Farmhouse. We can imagine the good times they and their neighbors had on the wide front porch. The Johnsons, like many Aberdeeners, operated a farm and sold produce locally. A familiar sight was the large windmill they built to bring water up from their well. In 1968, the Johnson children donated the windmill to Hampton's Bluebird Gap Farm. The farmhouse was demolished in 2007, and the land was sold for commercial use.
Erected 2010 by Hampton Convention & Visitor Bureau.
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Location. 37° 1.95′ N, 76° 24.508′ W. Marker is in Hampton, Virginia. It is in Briarfield. It is on North Mary Peake Boulevard 0.3 miles south of West Walker Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 55 N Mary Peake Blvd, Hampton VA 23666, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Virginias Peninsula and in Coastal Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker,
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 7, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 453 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 7, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
