Edge Hill (Woodford, Virginia)

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Edge Hill
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LocationW of Woodford on VA 632, near Woodford, Virginia
Coordinates 38°7′3″N77°27′37″W / 38.11750°N 77.46028°W / 38.11750; -77.46028 Coordinates: 38°7′3″N77°27′37″W / 38.11750°N 77.46028°W / 38.11750; -77.46028
Area96 acres (39 ha)
Built1821, c. 1840
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No. 83003264 [1]
VLR No.016-0006
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 10, 1983
Designated VLRDecember 14, 1982 [2]

Edge Hill is a historic plantation house located near Woodford in Caroline County, Virginia, United States. It was built in two sections. The earliest dates from 1820 to 1821 and enlarged about 1840 by adding the western half, giving it a formal, symmetrical five-bay facade. It is a two-story brick dwelling with a gable roof and Federal exterior and interior detailing.

Also on the property is a large wooden building sheathed in board-and-batten siding and covered by a shallow hipped roof. It was built in 1857, as the Edge Hill Academy, a boys' school operated by the owner of Edge Hill. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Edge Hill" (PDF). and Accompanying photo