Clover Forest
| Clover Forest | |||
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Clover Forest, north porch | |||
Location within Goochland | |||
| Alternative names | Clover Forest Mansion, Clover Forest Plantation | ||
| General information | |||
| Architectural style | Federal | ||
| Location | Goochland, Virginia, United States | ||
| Coordinates | 37°40′03″N 78°03′59″W / 37.667563°N 78.066344°W | ||
| Construction started | 1761 | ||
| Design and construction | |||
| Architect | Captain Thomas Pemberton | ||
| Renovating team | |||
| Architect | J. A. Volcker van Soelen | ||
| Renovating firm | Harold Keaton | ||
| Website | |||
| Official website | |||
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Clover Forest is a historic mansion and former plantation house built starting in 1761 and located in Goochland, Virginia. The mansion lies in a large bend of the James River, and is an authentically restored in a Federal-style with portions of the architecture dating to Pre–American Revolutionary Period.
The location of the property is part of what has been called the "Golden Horseshoe", with former plantation houses creating a horseshoe-shape from east to west, including Blythewood, Orapax, Bolling Hall, Pocahontas, Dungeness 1931, Rock Castle, Deer Lodge, Mannsville, Bolling Island, Snowden, Clover Forest, Howard's Neck, Harrison's Elk Hill, and Jefferson's Elk Hill.
Since 2003, Clover Forest operates as a private event venue.