Folly (Staunton, Virginia)

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Folly
Folly Farm HABS VA1.jpg
Folly (Staunton, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Folly (Staunton, Virginia)
LocationSouth of Staunton on U.S. 11, near Staunton, Virginia
Coordinates38°05′21″N 79°06′05″W / 38.08917°N 79.10139°W / 38.08917; -79.10139Coordinates: 38°05′21″N 79°06′05″W / 38.08917°N 79.10139°W / 38.08917; -79.10139
Area570 acres (230 ha)
Builtc. 1818 (1818)
Architectural styleEarly Republic, Jeffersonian Classicism
NRHP reference No.73001995[1]
VLR No.007-0015
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 25, 1973
Designated VLRSeptember 18, 1973[2]

Folly is a historic plantation house located near Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia. The house was built about 1818, and is a one-story, brick structure with a long, low service wing and deck-on-hip roof in the Jeffersonian style. It has an original rear ell fronted by a Tuscan order colonnade. The front facade features a tetrastyle pedimented portico with stuccoed Tuscan columns and a simple lunette in the pediment. A similar portico is on the north side and a third portico was replaced by a wing added in 1856. The house closely resembles Edgemont near Covesville, Virginia. Also on the property are contributing original brick serpentine walls, a spring house, smokehouse and icehouse.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "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 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (August 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Folly" (PDF). and Accompanying photo

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