Bushfield (Mount Holly, Virginia)
Bushfield, also known as Bushfield Manor, is a historic plantation house located at Mount Holly, Westmoreland County, Virginia. It was built in the 18th century, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick, center-passage, and single-pile dwelling.
Bushfield | |
 Front of the house | |
   | |
| Location | 367 Club House Loop, Mount Holly, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°8′0″N 76°42′51″W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1916 |
| Architect | Waddy Butler Wood, Richardson & Burgess, Inc. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 04000053[1] |
| VLR No. | 096-0052 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 11, 2004 |
| Designated VLR | October 5, 2003[2] |
Also on the property are a contributing Bungalow-style caretaker's House, barn, silo, and cemetery. Bushfield was the homestead of John Bushrod and John Augustine Washington (1736–1787), brother to George Washington.[3]
Renovation
In 1916, architect Waddy Butler Wood renovated and enlarged the dwelling in the Colonial Revival style. It featured a portico and lantern reflecting the property's association with the family of George Washington.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]
gollark: Your benchmarks are wrong, as the V compiler compiles 22 ELoC/planck time.
gollark: That's actually slower than my 250-dependency Rust projects.
gollark: This makes osmarks.net !!MILDLY LESS SECURE!! against MITM attacks.
gollark: Or at least doesn't check by default.
gollark: This is rather apioformic; Firefox does NOT support certificate transparency.
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- Kimble A. David (September 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bushfield" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.