Cedar Grove (Providence Forge, Virginia)
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Cedar Grove | |
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Cedar Grove, HABS Photo | |
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| Location | Southwest of New Kent off VA 608, near Providence Forge, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°29′07″N 77°06′57″W / 37.48528°N 77.11583°WCoordinates: 37°29′07″N 77°06′57″W / 37.48528°N 77.11583°W |
| Area | 14 acres (5.7 ha) |
| Built | c. 1810, c. 1916 |
| NRHP Reference # | 79003058[1] |
| VLR # | 063-0036 |
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| Added to NRHP | December 28, 1979 |
| Designated VLR | October 16, 1979[2] |
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Cedar Grove is a historic plantation house located near Providence Forge, New Kent County, Virginia. The main section was built about 1810, and is a 2 1/2-story, single pile, brick structure. The frame section was added about 1916. It has a traditional one-room side-hall plan. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse and several sheds added about 1916. It was the farm residence of the Christians, a leading county family of colonial and early-Republican times. The 19th-century cemetery contains the graves of the Christian family, including Letitia Christian Tyler, the first wife of President John Tyler.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (October 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cedar Grove" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos
External links
- Cedar Grove, State Route 609, Providence Forge, New Kent County, VA 4 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey
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