Bloomsburg (Watkins House) | |
Location | 9000 U.S. Route 58, southwest of South Boston, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°37′59″N 79°1′16″W / 36.63306°N 79.02111°W |
Area | 92.3 acres (37.4 ha) |
Built | 1839 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 100001509 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 28, 2017 |
Bloomsburg, also known as the Watkins House, is a historic plantation estate located at 9000 Philpott Road ( United States Route 58) southwest of South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia. The main house was completed about 1839, after seven years of construction, by Alexander Watkins, a local farmer and businessman. It is a two-story brick structure, with a Greek temple portico that appears to be a 20th-century addition, but is by lore similar to an original one. The house is one of Halifax County's early Greek Revival plantation houses. [2]
The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. [1]
Bloomsburg (Watkins House) | |
Location | 9000 U.S. Route 58, southwest of South Boston, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°37′59″N 79°1′16″W / 36.63306°N 79.02111°W |
Area | 92.3 acres (37.4 ha) |
Built | 1839 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 100001509 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 28, 2017 |
Bloomsburg, also known as the Watkins House, is a historic plantation estate located at 9000 Philpott Road ( United States Route 58) southwest of South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia. The main house was completed about 1839, after seven years of construction, by Alexander Watkins, a local farmer and businessman. It is a two-story brick structure, with a Greek temple portico that appears to be a 20th-century addition, but is by lore similar to an original one. The house is one of Halifax County's early Greek Revival plantation houses. [2]
The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. [1]