Baxter House (Edom, Virginia)
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| Location | North of Harrisonburg on VA 42, near Edom, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°33′20″N 78°50′10″W / 38.55556°N 78.83611°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | c. 1775 |
| Built by | George Baxter |
| Architectural style | Double Pen |
| NRHP reference No. | 73002057[1] |
| VLR No. | 082-0071 |
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| Added to NRHP | October 3, 1973 |
| Designated VLR | July 17, 1973[2] |
Baxter House is a historic home located near Edom, Rockingham County, Virginia. The house dates to about 1775, and is a single pile, double-pen dwelling consisting of two abutted two-bay, two-story log structures set on limestone foundation. It was built by Scottish settler George Baxter, whose son George A. Baxter served as president of Washington and Lee University from 1799 to 1829.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "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 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (July 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Baxter House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
