Edgemont (Covesville, Virginia)

Edgemont

Edgemont, Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, 1935
Location Junction of VA 708 and VA 627, near Covesville, Virginia
Coordinates 37°54′16″N 78°36′55″W / 37.90444°N 78.61528°W / 37.90444; -78.61528Coordinates: 37°54′16″N 78°36′55″W / 37.90444°N 78.61528°W / 37.90444; -78.61528
Area 30 acres (12 ha)
Built c. 1796 (1796)
Architect Jefferson, Thomas; Grigg, Milton
Architectural style Early Republic, Jeffersonian
NRHP Reference # 80004162[1]
VLR # 002-0087
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 28, 1980
Designated VLR September 16, 1980[2]

Edgemont, also known as Cocke Farm, is a historic home located near Covesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built about 1796, and is a one- to two-story, three bay, frame structure in the Jeffersonian style. It measures 50 feet by 50 feet, and sits on a stuccoed stone exposed basement. The house is topped by a hipped roof surmounted by four slender chimneys. The entrances feature pedimented Tuscan order portico that consists of Tuscan columns supporting a full entablature. Also on the property is a rubble stone garden outbuilding with a hipped roof. The house was restored in 1948 by Charlottesville architect Milton Grigg (1905–1982).[3] Its design closely resembles Folly near Staunton, Virginia.[4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (September 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Edgemont" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
  4. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (August 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Folly" (PDF).

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