Willow Grove (Madison Mills, Virginia)

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Willow Grove

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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 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 # 79003063 [1]
VLR # 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 12-story, six-bay, Greek Revival-style brick structure on a high basement. The front facade features a massive, 2 12-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]

Madison Mills, Virginia human settlement in Virginia, United States of America

Madison Mills is an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Virginia, United States.

Orange County, Virginia County in the United States

Orange County is a county located in the Central Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 33,481. Its county seat is Orange.

Greek Revival architecture architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture. The term was first used by Charles Robert Cockerell in a lecture he gave as Professor of Architecture to the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1842.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [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 5 June 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