Monte Verde (Center Cross, Virginia)

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Location 405 Monte Verde Rd., Center Cross, Virginia
Coordinates 37°48′23″N76°46′06″W / 37.80639°N 76.76833°W / 37.80639; -76.76833 Coordinates: 37°48′23″N76°46′06″W / 37.80639°N 76.76833°W / 37.80639; -76.76833
Area 12.8 acres (5.2 ha)
Built c. 1815 (1815)
Built by Janey, Joseph
Architectural style Federal
NRHP reference # 02000586 [1]
VLR # 028-0029
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 30, 2002
Designated VLR March 13, 2002 [2]

Monte Verde, also known as Omnium Hill, is a historic plantation house located at Center Cross, Essex County, Virginia United States. It was built about 1815, and is a two-story, frame dwelling clad in weatherboard. It has two one-story wings added in 1958. The interior features original Federal style woodwork. [3]

Center Cross, Virginia Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States

Center Cross is an unincorporated community in Essex County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

Essex County, Virginia County in the United States

Essex County is a county located in the Middle Peninsula in the U.S. state of Virginia; the peninsula is bordered by the Rappahannock River on the north and the Dragon swamp on the south. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,151. Its county seat is Tappahannock.

Federal architecture architectural style

Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federalist Era. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design in the United States of the same time period. The style broadly corresponds to the classicism of Biedermeier style in the German-speaking lands, Regency architecture in Britain and to the French Empire style.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Sara Ann Lindsay (August 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Monte Verde" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos