Eltham Manor

Coordinates: 36°43′57″N 79°58′05″W / 36.73250°N 79.96806°W / 36.73250; -79.96806
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Eltham Manor
William Roy Wallace
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.99000960[1]
VLR No.044-5011
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 5, 1999
Designated VLRDecember 7, 2005[2]

Eltham Manor is a historic estate located near Bassett, Henry County, Virginia. It was built in 1936 by William McKinley Bassett, and is a Colonial Revival brick dwelling. The manor is named for the Burwell Bassett family home, "Eltham Plantation", in Eltham, Virginia, that burned in 1879. It consists of a 2+12-story, five-bay, central section flanked by two-story wings, connected by cured hyphens to a two-story garage and servant's quarters at the north end and a one-story open-air pavilion at the south end. The front facade features a Doric order portico with smooth two-story columns. Also on the property are a contributing barn (c. 1936) and lake (c. 1936).[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ J. Daniel Pezzoni (February 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eltham Manor" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo