Dewberry (Beaverdam, Virginia)
Dewberry | |
.jpg) Dewberry, HABS Photo | |
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| Location | Approximately 1 mi. NE of jct. of VA 738 and VA 601, Beaverdam, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°53′47″N 77°35′24″W / 37.89639°N 77.59000°W |
| Area | 481.5 acres (194.9 ha) |
| Built | 1833 |
| Architectural style | Early Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000576[1] |
| VLR No. | 042-0007 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 23, 1996 |
| Designated VLR | March 20, 1996[2] |
Dewberry is a historic home and approximately 480 acre farm located at Beaverdam in western Hanover County, Virginia.[3]
History
It was built in 1833 for the Rev. John Cooke, first rector of the now-historic Trinity Church nearby (Rev. Cooke laying the cornerstone in 1830). In 1831, Rev. Cooke married the widowed Elizabeth Edmonia Churchill Berkeley, who had inherited about 227 acres from her late husband. Rev. Cooke was an avid gardener, and some of the boxwoods in the formal garden date from his era. His widow purchased the property from his estate when he died in 1861, and bequeathed it to her daughters, one of whom owned it until nearly 1906. However, the property had several different owners in the early 20th century, before its purchase by Samuel Dixon in 1920, who restored and modified the existing structures, as well as constructed a dairy and made provision for electricity. His descendants still lived on the property in 1996 when it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places .
Architecture
The brick dwelling has a five-part Palladian-design. The two-story, three-bay, hip-roofed, central block connects to two-story flanking wings by one-story, one-bay hyphens. The property also contains contributing formal gardens, a small brick outbuilding, and slave quarters.[3]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ a b Debra L. Parr (October 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dewberry". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo Archived 2012-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Media related to Dewberry (Beaverdam, Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons
- Dewberry, Little River vicinity, Gum Tree, Hanover County, VA: 3 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Palladian Revival architecture in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1833
- Houses in Hanover County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Hanover County, Virginia
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- Slave cabins and quarters in the United States
- Central Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs