Rowe House (Fredericksburg, Virginia)

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Rowe House
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Rowe House, September 2014
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Location801 Hanover St., Fredericksburg, Virginia
Coordinates 38°18′1″N77°27′58″W / 38.30028°N 77.46611°W / 38.30028; -77.46611 Coordinates: 38°18′1″N77°27′58″W / 38.30028°N 77.46611°W / 38.30028; -77.46611
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1828 (1828)
Architectural styleFederal, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No. 08001052 [1]
VLR No.111-0107
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 2008
Designated VLRSeptember 18, 2008 [2]

The Rowe House is a historic home located at Fredericksburg, Virginia. It was built in 1828, and is a two-story, four-bay, double-pile, side-passage-plan Federal style brick dwelling. It has an English basement, molded brick cornice, deep gable roof, and two-story front porch. Attached to the house is a one-story, brick, two-room addition, also with a raised basement, and a one-story, late 19th century frame wing. The interior features Greek Revival-style pattern mouldings. Also on the property is a garden storage building built in about 1950, that was designed to resemble a 19th-century smokehouse. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [1]

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  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Gibson Worsham (June 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rowe House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos