Morven (Simeon, Virginia)

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Location West of Simeon off VA 20, near Simeon, Virginia
Coordinates 37°57′48″N78°28′26″W / 37.96333°N 78.47389°W / 37.96333; -78.47389 Coordinates: 37°57′48″N78°28′26″W / 37.96333°N 78.47389°W / 37.96333; -78.47389
Area 640 acres (260 ha)
Built 1821 (1821)
NRHP reference # 73001991 [1]
VLR # 002-0054
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 24, 1973
Designated VLR February 20, 1973 [2]

Morven is a historic home located near Simeon, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built about 1821, and consists of a two-story, five bay by two bay, brick main block with a two-story, three bay brick wing. The front facade features a one-bay porch with a pedimented gable roof and Tuscan order entablature, supported by four Tuscan columns. Also on the property are the contributing office and frame smokehouse. [3]

Simeon, Virginia Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States

Simeon is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.

Albemarle County, Virginia County in the United States

Albemarle County is a county located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its county seat is Charlottesville, which is an independent city and enclave entirely surrounded by the county. Albemarle County is part of the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of Albemarle County was 98,970, more than triple the 1960 census count.

Tuscan order

The Tuscan order is in effect a simplified Doric order, with un-fluted columns and a simpler entablature with no triglyphs or guttae. While relatively simple columns with round capitals had been part of the vernacular architecture of Italy and much of Europe since at least Etruscan architecture, the Romans did not consider this style to be a distinct architectural order. Instead the Tuscan order, presented as a standardized formal order, is an invention of Italian Renaissance writers largely motivated by nationalism.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]

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

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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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 2013-05-12.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (December 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Morven" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources.