Eltham Manor

Eltham Manor
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	405 Riverside Dr., near Bassett, Virginia
Coordinates	36°43′57″N79°58′05″W / 36.73250°N 79.96806°W / 36.73250; -79.96806
Area	200 acres (81 ha)
Built	1936 (1936)
Built by	Millard Mason (barn)
Architect	William Roy Wallace
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	99000960 [1]
VLR No.	044-5011
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 5, 1999
Designated VLR	December 7, 2005 [2]

Eltham Manor is a historic estate located near Bassett, Henry County, Virginia. It was built in 1936 by William McKinley Bassett, and is a Colonial Revival brick dwelling. The manor is named for the Burwell Bassett family home, "Eltham Plantation", in Eltham, Virginia, that burned in 1879. It consists of a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, central section flanked by two-story wings, connected by cured hyphens to a two-story garage and servant's quarters at the north end and a one-story open-air pavilion at the south end. The front facade features a Doric order portico with smooth two-story columns. Also on the property are a contributing barn (c. 1936) and lake (c. 1936). ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. J. Daniel Pezzoni (February 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eltham Manor" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo