Willow Grove (Madison Mills, Virginia)

Willow Grove
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	U.S. Route 15, 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Orange, Virginia
Coordinates	38°16′23″N78°07′57″W / 38.27306°N 78.13250°W / 38.27306; -78.13250
Area	25 acres (10 ha)
Built	1787 (1787)
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.	79003063 [1]
VLR No.	068-0049
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 7, 1979
Designated VLR	November 12, 1978 [2]

Willow Grove, also known as the Clark House, is a historic plantation house located near Madison Mills, Orange County, Virginia. The main brick section was built about 1848, and is connected to a frame wing dated to about 1787. The main section is a 2+1⁄2-story, six-bay, Greek Revival-style brick structure on a high basement. The front facade features a massive, 2+1⁄2-story, tetrastyle pedimented portico with Tuscan order columns, a full Tuscan entablature, an arched brick podium, and Chinese lattice railings. Also on the property are numerous 19th-century dependencies and farm buildings, including a two-story schoolhouse, a one-story weaving house, a smokehouse, and a frame-and-stone barn and stable. ^[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 (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Willow Grove" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo