Judge Henry Wood, Jr., House | |
Facade | |
Location | 105 Sixth St., Clarksville, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°37′29″N78°33′35″W / 36.62472°N 78.55972°W Coordinates: 36°37′29″N78°33′35″W / 36.62472°N 78.55972°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c. 1830 |
Architectural style | Queen Anne |
NRHP reference # | 99001201 [1] |
VLR # | 192-0060 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 24, 1999 |
Designated VLR | June 19, 1999 [2] |
The Judge Henry Wood Jr. House is a historic home located at Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It is a two-story, Queen Anne style brick dwelling built in three sections. The original section was built between about 1820 and 1840, and forms the center section. The north wing was added after 1872, and the south wing, with an octagonal end, in the 1880s. Confederate General William Mahone (1826-1895), owned the property from 1862 to 1868. [3]
Clarksville is a town in Halifax and Mecklenburg counties in the U.S. state of Virginia, near the southern border of the commonwealth. The population was 1,139 at the 2010 census. Since the town has numerous buildings of the 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century architecture, the downtown area of Clarksville has been designated a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places and Virginia's Historic Register. Clarksville claims the title of Virginia's only Lakeside town. Nearby the town of Clarksville is Occoneechee State Park.
Mecklenburg County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 50,727. Its county seat is Boydton.
William Mahone was an American civil engineer, railroad executive, Confederate States Army general, and Virginia politician.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.
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The Clarksville Historic District is a national historic district located at Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It encompasses 171 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of the town of Clarksille. Notable buildings include the Planters Bank (1909), Planters Brick Tobacco Sales Warehouse, Gilliland Hotel, the Russell's Furniture, former Clarksville High School (1934), Clarksville Presbyterian Church, Mount Zion Baptist Church, Jamieson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church (1901), St. Timothy's Episcopal Church (1917), and St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church (1947). Located in the district are the separately listed Clark Royster House and the Judge Henry Wood Jr. House.
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