Gum Creek (Virginia)

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Gum Creek
Gum Creek, Columbia.jpg
Property entrance
Gum Creek (Virginia) is located in Virginia
Gum Creek (Virginia)
Location1317 Stage Junction Rd., near Columbia, Virginia
Coordinates37°46′29″N 78°09′33″W / 37.77472°N 78.15917°W / 37.77472; -78.15917Coordinates: 37°46′29″N 78°09′33″W / 37.77472°N 78.15917°W / 37.77472; -78.15917
Area33.1 acres (13.4 ha)
Builtc. 1797 (1797)
Built byRoss, James, D. and David
Architectural styleEarly Republic, I-house
NRHP reference No.03001084[1]
VLR No.032-0046
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 22, 2003
Designated VLRJune 18, 2003[2]

Gum Creek is a historic home located near Columbia, Fluvanna County, Virginia. It was built about 1797, and is a 1 1/2-story, three bay, center passage plan frame dwelling on a stone foundation. Two one-story, shed roofed additions were built after 1839. It features unpainted original interior woodwork, a basement kitchen and stone and brick end chimneys. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse, buggy shed, and the original stone-enclosed spring.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[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 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Grace Lindsay Nolting (December 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Gum Creek" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
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