Cedar Grove (Clarksville, Virginia)
Cedar Grove | |
 Plantation entrance | |
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| Location | 138 Lewis Mill Rd., near Clarksville, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°34′37″N 78°35′15″W / 36.57694°N 78.58750°W |
| Area | 100 acres (40 ha) |
| Built | 1838 |
| NRHP reference No. | 10000560[1] |
| VLR No. | 058-0006 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 16, 2010 |
| Designated VLR | June 17, 2010[2] |
Cedar Grove is a historic plantation house and farm located near Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. The house was built in 1838, and is a Greek Revival style brick dwelling. It consists of a large one-story block on a raised basement with a hipped roof capped with a smaller clerestory with a hipped roof and modern flanking one-story brick wings the historic central block. The front and rear facades feature entry porches with six Doric order columns. Also on the property are the contributing ice house and smokehouse dating from 1838, and a number of other secondary structures and agricultural buildings.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/16/10 through 8/20/10. National Park Service. 2010-08-27.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ James W. Kinnear (July 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cedar Grove" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
Categories:
- Plantation houses in Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1838
- Houses in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
- Southern Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs