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Reuben Clark House

Coordinates: 37°0′52″N 76°19′12″W / 37.01444°N 76.32000°W / 37.01444; -76.32000
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Reuben Clark House
Reuben Clark House is located in Virginia
Reuben Clark House
Reuben Clark House is located in the United States
Reuben Clark House
Location125 S. Willard Ave., Hampton, Virginia
Coordinates37°0′52″N 76°19′12″W / 37.01444°N 76.32000°W / 37.01444; -76.32000
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built1854 (1854)
Architectural stylePicturesque
NRHP reference No.84003542[1]
VLR No.114-0050
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 16, 1984
Designated VLRMay 15, 1984[2]

Reuben Clark House, also known as Willow Dell, is a historic home located at Hampton, Virginia. It was built in 1854, and is a two-story, wood-frame dwelling. A kitchen wing was added to the main block between 1901 and 1904, and further additions were made to the house in the 1920s. The house feature a one-story wooden porch which wraps around the corner of the house and also shelters five bays of the front facade. It is one of Hampton's oldest surviving residences and its sole example of the Picturesque style. During the American Civil War, its large well was used by the Union Navy to supply large quantities of water for the boilers of the USS Minnesota. The builder of the house, Reuben Clark (1805-1895), was a prosperous merchant and steamboat captain.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff and Hampton Heritage Foundation, Inc. (1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Reuben Clark House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo