Greenwood (Orange, Virginia)

Coordinates: 38°13′42″N 78°8′19″W / 38.22833°N 78.13861°W / 38.22833; -78.13861
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Greenwood
Greenwood, April 2017
Greenwood (Orange, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Greenwood (Orange, Virginia)
Greenwood (Orange, Virginia) is located in the United States
Greenwood (Orange, Virginia)
Location13011 Greenwood Rd., near Orange, Virginia
Coordinates38°13′42″N 78°8′19″W / 38.22833°N 78.13861°W / 38.22833; -78.13861
Area111 acres (45 ha)
Builtc. 1820 (1820), c. 1850
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.92001702[1]
VLR No.068-0052
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 17, 1992
Designated VLROctober 21, 1992[2]

Greenwood is a historic home located near Orange, Orange County, Virginia. It was built about 1820, and is a two-story, three-bay, timber frame Federal style I-house with a side gable roof. It has a center-passage plan, a raised basement, and two exterior-end chimneys. The Greek Revival style front entry porch has brick piers supporting a one-story wooden porch with a gable roof and triangular pediment supported by square paired columns. A one-bay, single-pile timber-frame wing addition, built about 1850. Also on the property are a contributing outbuilding, well, and the grave of Mary Roberta Macon who died at age nine in 1847.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[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. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Denise Apland and Julie Vosmik (March 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Greenwood" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo