Jump to content

Woodfork

Coordinates: 37°6′4″N 78°40′0″W / 37.10111°N 78.66667°W / 37.10111; -78.66667
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Woodfork
Front of the house
Woodfork is located in Virginia
Woodfork
Woodfork is located in the United States
Woodfork
Location3704 Woodfork Rd., Charlotte Court House, Virginia
Coordinates37°6′4″N 78°40′0″W / 37.10111°N 78.66667°W / 37.10111; -78.66667
Area35 acres (14 ha)
Built1829 (1829)
Built byWatkins, Henry Anderson
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.01001509[1]
VLR No.019-0034
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 24, 2002
Designated VLRJune 13, 2001[2]

Woodfork is a historic plantation house located near Charlotte Court House, Charlotte County, Virginia. It was built in 1829, and is a three-story, five bay brick dwelling with a gable roof in the Federal style. The front and rear facades feature one bay porches with hipped roofs supported by Tuscan order columns. Also on the property is a contributing a barn and four historic sites: two graveyards, the remains of a brick kiln, and the remains of a barn.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

[edit]
  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 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Mary Harding Sadler; Kimberly Merkel Chen & Jean McRae (March 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Woodfork" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photos