Redlands (Covesville, Virginia)
Appearance
Redlands | |
Location | Junction of VA 708 and VA 627, near Covesville, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°55′04″N 78°31′50″W / 37.91778°N 78.53056°W |
Area | 1,200 acres (490 ha) |
Built | c. 1798 | -1808
Architectural style | Georgian, Federal, Tidewater Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 69000218[1] |
VLR No. | 002-0067 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 12, 1969 |
Designated VLR | September 9, 1969[2] |
Redlands is a historic home located near Covesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built between about 1798 and 1808, and is a rectangular two-story, five-bay, brick structure covered by a hipped roof in the Federal style. It features a Tuscan order front porch. Its interior is notable for its fine Adamesque woodwork. The master builder of the house was Martin Thacker, of neighboring Cedar Grove. It was built for Robert Carter, grandson of John Carter, around the time of his marriage to Mary Eliza Coles of neighboring Enniscorthy.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.[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. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (July 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Redlands (Archived from the original with Wayback Machine)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-18. and Accompanying photo
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[edit]Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Federal architecture in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1808
- Houses in Albemarle County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Albemarle County, Virginia
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia
- Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
- Albemarle County, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs