Woodfork

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Woodfork
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Location3704 Woodfork Rd., Charlotte Court House, Virginia
Coordinates 37°6′4″N78°40′0″W / 37.10111°N 78.66667°W / 37.10111; -78.66667 Coordinates: 37°6′4″N78°40′0″W / 37.10111°N 78.66667°W / 37.10111; -78.66667
Area35 acres (14 ha)
Built1829 (1829)
Built byWatkins, Henry Anderson
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 01001509 [1]
VLR No.019-0034
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 24, 2002
Designated VLRJune 13, 2001 [2]

Woodfork is a historic plantation house located near Charlotte Court House, Charlotte County, Virginia. It was built in 1829, and is a three-story, five bay brick dwelling with a gable roof in the Federal style. The front and rear facades feature one bay porches with hipped roofs supported by Tuscan order columns. Also on the property is a contributing a barn and four historic sites: two graveyards, the remains of a brick kiln, and the remains of a barn. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 5 June 2013.
  3. Mary Harding Sadler; Kimberly Merkel Chen & Jean McRae (March 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Woodfork" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photos