Grove Mount

Grove Mount is a historic plantation house located near Warsaw in Richmond County, Virginia, United States. The main house was built about 1780–1800, and is a large, two-story, five bay Late Georgian style frame dwelling. It has a hipped roof and interior end chimneys. A kitchen wing was added in 1952 and an orangery added in 1989. Also on the property are the contributing late-18th century dairy, a log corn crib, and a late-19th or early-20th century frame outbuilding. There is also the archeological site of the former kitchen and possibly other outbuildings adjacent to the old kitchen.[3]

Grove Mount
Front of the house
LocationJct. of VA 635 and VA 624, near Warsaw, Virginia
Coordinates38°00′33″N 76°49′58″W
Area101.6 acres (41.1 ha)
Builtc. 1780 (1780)-1800
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.90001995[1]
VLR No.079-0005
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 3, 1991
Designated VLRDecember 12, 1989[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[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. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. W. Brown Morton III (November 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Grove Mount" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
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