Springfield (Coatesville, Virginia)

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Springfield
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LocationVA 631 S side, 0.4 mi. SW of jct. with VA 671, Coatesville, Virginia
Coordinates 37°51′57″N77°36′48″W / 37.86583°N 77.61333°W / 37.86583; -77.61333 Coordinates: 37°51′57″N77°36′48″W / 37.86583°N 77.61333°W / 37.86583; -77.61333
Area25 acres (10 ha)
Builtc. 1820 (1820)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference # 94000990 [1]
VLR #042-0428
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 16, 1994
Designated VLRJune 14, 1994 [2]

Springfield is a historic home located at Coatesville, Hanover County, Virginia. It was built about 1820, and is a two-story, Federal-style brick residence with a central passage-single pile plan. It measures 48 feet by 20 feet, and is situated on an English basement with two interior end chimneys, a gable roof, and a frame gable-roofed porch. Also on the property are contributing kitchen and meat house. [3]

Hanover County, Virginia County in the United States

Hanover County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 106,374. Its county seat is Hanover Courthouse.

Federal architecture architectural style

Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federalist Era. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design in the United States of the same time period. The style broadly corresponds to the classicism of Biedermeier style in the German-speaking lands, Regency architecture in Britain and to the French Empire style.

Smokehouse building where meat or fish is cured with smoke

A smokehouse or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more. Even when smoke is not used, such a building—typically a subsidiary building—is sometimes referred to as a "smoke house." When smoke is not used, the term "meat house" is common.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [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 in preserving the property.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Nancy C. Wood (December 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Springfield" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo