Blenheim (Blenheim, Virginia)
Blenheim | |
 Roadside view of the main house | |
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| Location | South of Charlottesville on Blenheim Road, Blenheim, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°55′46″N 78°29′31″W / 37.92944°N 78.49194°WCoordinates: 37°55′46″N 78°29′31″W / 37.92944°N 78.49194°W |
| Area | 175 acres (71 ha) |
| Built | 1750, 1846 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 76002089[1] |
| VLR No. | 002-0005 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 17, 1976 |
| Designated VLR | December 16, 1975[2] |
Blenheim is a historic home and farm complex located at Blenheim, Albemarle County, Virginia. The main house was built by politician and diplomat Andrew Stevenson in 1846, and is a 1 1/2-story, six bay, gable-roofed frame building with Gothic Revival and Greek Revival style details. It has an ell at the rear of the west end. The front facade features a pair of one-story tetrastyle porches with pairs of Doric order piers. A notable outbuilding is the square "Athenaeum", a one-story, one-room, frame Greek Revival building with a pyramidal hipped roof and portico supported on Doric piers. Also on the property are a frame kitchen/laundry, a "chapel" or schoolhouse, and two smoke houses. Also on the property are two dwellings, one of which is supposed to have been built to accommodate Justice Roger B. Taney on his visits to Blenheim. The main house and many of the outbuildings were built during the ownership of Representative Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857), who purchased the property in 1846.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
For a site with a similar name but considerably north in Fairfax County, see Historic Blenheim
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (December 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blenheim" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2013-05-17. and Accompanying photo Archived 2012-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- Blenheim Library, State Route 727, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Greek Revival houses in Virginia
- Carpenter Gothic houses in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1846
- Houses in Albemarle County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Albemarle County, Virginia
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- Albemarle County, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs