Chesterfield in Chesterfield County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Kitchen

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, August 22, 2026

1. Kitchen Marker

Inscription. The kitchen building measured 16' x 58'. Other rooms such as laundries, woodsheds, living quarters for the cook and family could have been added. This would explain the long length of the building.

Erected by Chesterfield Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Architecture.

Location. 37° 22.488′ N, 77° 30.391′ W. Marker is in Chesterfield, Virginia, in Chesterfield County. It can be reached from Iron Bridge Road (Virginia Route 10) east of Courtview Lane, on the left when traveling west. Marker is behind Magnolia Grange House Museum, in the rear yard. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10020 Iron Bridge Road, Chesterfield VA 23832, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Piedmont,

in Central Virginia,

and in the Richmond Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western

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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 walking distance of this marker: Enslaved Quarters (a few steps from this marker); Smoke House (within shouting distance of this marker); Magnolia Grange (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Chesterfield County Courthouse (about 400 feet away); Veterans Memorial Wall (about 500 feet away); World War I in Chesterfield County (about 500 feet away); Chesterfield Court House (about 500 feet away); Confederate Memorial (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chesterfield.

More about this marker. Magnolia Grange is operated as a museum by Chesterfield County. This marker is one of a trio behind the house that mark, in combination with timber outlines, the locations of support outbuildings that no longer stand.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, August 22, 2026

2. Kitchen Marker

And partial outline of the kitchen (timber beams showing the footprint of the structure)

this marker. These markers interpret the grounds of Magnolia Grange.

Also see . . . Department of Historic Resources - Magnolia Grange. This link includes the National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, which details the architecture, history, and significance of the house. (Submitted on August 22, 2026, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia.)

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, August 22, 2026

3. Kitchen Marker

The kitchen marker and outline are at far left, behind the much smaller rectangular outline.

Magnolia Grange image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, August 22, 2026

4. Magnolia Grange

Completed in 1825, this is the front of the house.

Example Kitchen image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, June 21, 2025

5. Example Kitchen

This kitchen, constructed ca. 1851 at Mount Stirling in New Kent County, is elongated like the Magnolia Grange marker discusses and is a useful example of an antebellum kitchen for the reader's use in understanding how a kitchen outbuilding of the period could look and combine functions. In this instance, the building's length is because it houses a kitchen in one room and a laundry in the other - hence two chimneys (note, the left chimney is a modern reproduction installed by The Big Bend Foundation during restoration of the property to replicate the building's original configuration). Living space in the lofts above these working rooms was also a common feature.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 22, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2026, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 22, 2026, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia.