Kendall Grove (Eastville, Virginia)

Kendall Grove
Kendall Grove, HABS Photo
Location VA 674, near Eastville, Virginia
Coordinates 37°22′56″N 75°56′35″W / 37.38222°N 75.94306°W / 37.38222; -75.94306Coordinates: 37°22′56″N 75°56′35″W / 37.38222°N 75.94306°W / 37.38222; -75.94306
Area 34 acres (14 ha)
Built c. 1813 (1813), c. 1840
Architectural style Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference # 82004576[1]
VLR # 065-0060
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 21, 1982
Designated VLR October 21, 1980[2]

Kendall Grove is a historic plantation house located near Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia. It was built about 1813, and is a two-story, Federal style wood-frame house with two-story projecting pavilions on the front and the rear and smaller two-story wings on each end added about 1840. It is cross-shaped in plan. The main house is joined by a long passage to a wood-frame kitchen-laundry. The house was improved about 1840, with the addition of Greek Revival style interior details. It was the home of Congressman and General Severn E. Parker.[3] The home has the name of Colonel William Kendall, the original owner of the site.[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (October 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Kendall Grove" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. Works Progress Administration. p. 77.


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