Catlett House | |
Location | 303 Berkeley Pl. Staunton, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°9′2″N79°4′7″W / 38.15056°N 79.06861°W Coordinates: 38°9′2″N79°4′7″W / 38.15056°N 79.06861°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) or less |
Built | 1897 |
Architectural style | Queen Anne |
NRHP reference No. | 82004600 [1] |
VLR No. | 132-0032 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 15, 1982 |
Designated VLR | May 18, 1982 [2] |
The Catlett House is a detached Queen Anne style building from 1897 in Staunton, Virginia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1982. [1] It is located in the Gospel Hill Historic District. Construction was begun in 1896 by R.H. Catlett, who died in the same year, and completed in 1897 for his widow, Fannie Catlett. [3]
The three-story, three-bay building is on a raised corner lot in the city's Gospel Hill neighborhood. It has shingled outer walls on the two upper floors, with rough-faced stone on the foundation and first floor. It has a hipped and gable roof with large projecting gables and a rounded tower, which has a bell shaped roof with dark brown shingles. The front facade is split into three bays, with a projecting gable and a round turret on the ends, connected by a plain central bay. The ground floor has a wide verandah wrapping three sides of the house. [3] It has nine fireplaces, and twenty-one leaded glass windows on the first floor. The house, formerly used as a retirement home for women is now the Berkeley House Bed & Breakfast.
Its significance in the NRHP is due to its architecture.
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