Sunnyside (Newsoms, Virginia)

Sunnyside
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	VA 673, near Newsoms, Virginia
Coordinates	36°38′40″N77°08′34″W / 36.64444°N 77.14278°W / 36.64444; -77.14278
Area	42 acres (17 ha)
Built	c. 1815 (1815), 1847, 1870
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	82004596 [1]
VLR No.	087-0098
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 8, 1982
Designated VLR	October 21, 1981 [2]

Sunnyside is a historic plantation house and complex located near Newsoms, Southampton County, Virginia. The house was built in three stages dating to about 1815, 1847, and 1870. It is a two-story, T-shaped frame dwelling. The main section was built in 1870, and has Greek Revival and Italianate design elements. The front facade features an imposing, two-story, pedimented portico sheltering the main entrance. Also on the property are 13 contributing outbuildings: a schoolhouse, school master's house, dairy, milk house, tenant's house, privy, pump house, sheds, peanut barn, a tall smokehouse, kitchen-laundry, and a garage. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. ^[1]

References

1. "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. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (October 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sunnyside" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo