The original section has a hall-parlor plan dwelling.

In 1825, Greenwood received as visitors the Marquis de Lafayette and former President James Monroe during Lafayette's celebrated tour as "guest of the nation."

During the American Civil War Federal troops occupied the house and plantation and placed a cannon on the lawn.

[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

This article about a property in Culpeper County, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.