Wiloma

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Wiloma

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Property entrance from U.S. Route 220
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Location Off US 220, near Fincastle, Virginia
Coordinates 37°30′53″N79°53′20″W / 37.51472°N 79.88889°W / 37.51472; -79.88889 Coordinates: 37°30′53″N79°53′20″W / 37.51472°N 79.88889°W / 37.51472; -79.88889
Area 40 acres (16 ha)
Built 1848 (1848), 1888
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 85002913 [1]
VLR # 011-0039
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 22, 1985
Designated VLR October 18, 1983 [2]

Wiloma is a historic home located near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia. It was built in 1848, and is a two-story, brick I-house dwelling with Greek Revival style detailing. It has a two-level pedimented porch on the south and a long two-story wing with a two-level porch completed in 1888. [3]

Fincastle, Virginia Town in Virginia, United States

Fincastle is a town in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The population was 353 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Botetourt County.

Botetourt County, Virginia County in the United States

Botetourt County is a United States county that lies in the Roanoke Region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Located in the mountainous portion of the state, the county is bordered by two major ranges, the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.

I-house

The I-house is a vernacular house type, popular in the United States from the colonial period onward. The I-house was so named in the 1930s by Fred Kniffen, a cultural geographer at Louisiana State University who was a specialist in folk architecture. He identified and analyzed the type in his 1936 study of Louisiana house types. He chose the name "I-house" because of its common occurrence in the rural farm areas of Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, all states beginning with the letter "I". He did not use the term to imply that this house type originated in, or was restricted to, those three states. It is also referred to as Plantation Plain style.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [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 2013-05-12.
  3. Tony Whitwell (September 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wiloma" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo