Rural Plains

Rural Plains
Rural Plains, November 2010
Location6 mi. N of Mechanicsville off VA 606, near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Area125 acres (51 ha)
NRHP reference No.75002021
VLR No.042-0029
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 5, 1975
Designated VLRMarch 18, 1975

Rural Plains, also informally known as Shelton House, is a historic farm house dating to the 1660s in Mechanicsville, Virginia, Hanover County; it is one of the sites included within the Richmond National Battlefield Park. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.