Inverness (Burkeville, Virginia)

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Inverness
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Inverness in April 2017
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Location884 Inverness Ave., Burkeville, Virginia
Coordinates 37°10′34″N78°11′21″W / 37.17611°N 78.18917°W / 37.17611; -78.18917
Area321 acres (130 ha)
Builtc. 1800 (1800)-1820, c. 1845, c. 1895, c. 1907
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 99001602 [1]
VLR No.067-0003
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1999
Designated VLRSeptember 15, 1999 [2]

Inverness is a historic plantation house and national historic district located near Burkeville, Nottoway County, Virginia. In its present form the house is a five-bay, two-story, gable-roofed, L-shaped frame-and-weatherboard I-house set above a high basement, with exterior end chimneys. The original section of the house was built about 1800, and raised to two stories in the early-19th century. A large, two-story, two-room wing was added about 1845, forming the "L"-shape. Around 1895 a crude, two-story kitchen wing, was attached to the 1845 wing, and side porches were added. A Classical Revival monumental portico with four Doric order columns and a small second-floor balcony, was installed across the three center bays of the front facade about 1907. Also on the property are a contributing 20th century frame and cement-block dairy barn, and a 20th-century frame milk shed. [3]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 June 5, 2013.
  3. Shirley Maxwell and James C. Massey (July 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Inverness" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo