Hexagon House
Hexagon House | |
 Hexagon House, 2012 | |
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| Location | 530 Amherst St., Winchester, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°11′15″N 78°10′32″W / 39.18750°N 78.17556°WCoordinates: 39°11′15″N 78°10′32″W / 39.18750°N 78.17556°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1871-1873 |
| Architect | Leathers, B. |
| Architectural style | Hexagon House |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001550[1] |
| VLR No. | 138-0034 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 10, 1987 |
| Designated VLR | April 21, 1987[2] |
Hexagon House is a historic home in Winchester, Virginia built between 1871 and 1873 and is a two-story, hexagon floor-plan, brick dwelling, with semi-hexagonal ground-floor projections and an ornate three-bay veranda-style porch on the principal façade. It has a central chimney and is topped by dark red, low-pitched roofs extending to substantial white cornicing.[3]
Completed in 1873 by architect Brice Leatherman for James W. Burgess in a style designed to open up interior space and let in more natural light. Even rarer than octagon houses built on similar principles.[4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
See also[]
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. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ Richard C. Cote and Division of Historic Landmarks Staff (1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hexagon House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- ^ "The Hexagon House: 530 Amherst Street". Preservation of Historic Winchester, Inc. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
External links[]
Media related to Hexagon House at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1873
- Houses in Winchester, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Winchester, Virginia
- Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs