Sunnyside | |
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Location | VA 673, near Newsoms, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°38′40″N77°08′34″W / 36.64444°N 77.14278°W |
Area | 42 acres (17 ha) |
Built | c. 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]