Blenheim (Blenheim, Virginia)

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]

Blenheim
Roadside view of the main house
LocationSouth of Charlottesville on Blenheim Road, Blenheim, Virginia
Coordinates37°55′46″N 78°29′31″W
Area175 acres (71 ha)
Built1750 (1750), 1846
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.76002089[1]
VLR No.002-0005
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 17, 1976
Designated VLRDecember 16, 1975[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. 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
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