Tower House (Alexandria, Virginia)
Tower House | |
 Tower House, November 2012 | |
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| Location | 9066 Tower House Place, south of Alexandria, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°42′41″N 77°4′2″W / 38.71139°N 77.06722°W |
| Area | 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) |
| Built | 1888, 1900-1901 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000341[1] |
| VLR No. | 029-0151 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 2, 2006 |
| Designated VLR | March 8, 2006[2] |
Tower House, also known as Edgewater and Marsland-on-the-Potomac, is a historic home located near Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia. It was built in 1888, in the Italian Villa style. The house was remodeled to its present form in 1900-1901. It is a 2 1/2-story frame dwelling in a transitional Queen Anne-Colonial Revival style. It features a steeply pitched hipped roof and a prominent, semi-circular corner tower.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
- ^ 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 5 June 2013.
- ^ Kathryn Gettings Smith and Evelyn D. Causey (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tower House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Queen Anne architecture in Virginia
- Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1901
- Houses in Fairfax County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Fairfax County, Virginia
- Northern Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Fairfax County, Virginia geography stubs