Mountain Grove | |
Location | Northwest of Esmont on VA 717, near Esmont, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°50′08″N 78°38′38″W / 37.83556°N 78.64389°W |
Area | 19 acres (7.7 ha) |
Built | 1803 | -1804
Architectural style | Early Republic, Jeffersonian |
NRHP reference No. | 80004164 [1] |
VLR No. | 002-0095 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 8, 1980 |
Designated VLR | May 20, 1980 [2] |
Mountain Grove, also known as the Benjamin Harris House, is a historic home located near Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia. The house was built in 1803–1804, and consists of a two-story, three-bay center block flanked by single-bay, 1+1⁄2-story wings, in the Jeffersonian style. The brick dwelling sits on a high basement and the center block is treated as a classical temple motif, is capped by a pedimented gable roof. Also on the property are the brick ruins of a 19th-century kitchen. [3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
Media related to Mountain Grove (Esmont, Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons
Mountain Grove | |
Location | Northwest of Esmont on VA 717, near Esmont, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°50′08″N 78°38′38″W / 37.83556°N 78.64389°W |
Area | 19 acres (7.7 ha) |
Built | 1803 | -1804
Architectural style | Early Republic, Jeffersonian |
NRHP reference No. | 80004164 [1] |
VLR No. | 002-0095 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 8, 1980 |
Designated VLR | May 20, 1980 [2] |
Mountain Grove, also known as the Benjamin Harris House, is a historic home located near Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia. The house was built in 1803–1804, and consists of a two-story, three-bay center block flanked by single-bay, 1+1⁄2-story wings, in the Jeffersonian style. The brick dwelling sits on a high basement and the center block is treated as a classical temple motif, is capped by a pedimented gable roof. Also on the property are the brick ruins of a 19th-century kitchen. [3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
Media related to Mountain Grove (Esmont, Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons