Piney Grove

Piney Grove
Location VA 615, Holdcroft, Virginia
Coordinates 37°22′24″N 76°58′42″W / 37.37333°N 76.97833°W / 37.37333; -76.97833Coordinates: 37°22′24″N 76°58′42″W / 37.37333°N 76.97833°W / 37.37333; -76.97833
Area 5.2 acres (2.1 ha)
Built c. 1800 (1800), c. 1820, 1853, c. 1905
Architectural style Log building
NRHP reference # 85003052[1]
VLR # 018-0063
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 26, 1985
Designated VLR June 18, 1985[2]

Piney Grove is a historic home located at Holdcroft, Charles City County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1800 as a 20 feet by 22 feet, one-story log corn crib. It was expanded to a 1 1/2-story log store about 1820. In 1853, two additions were built, and in the early 20th century, the two-story block was created which incorporated the two rooms of the 1853 addition. The house is a rare survival of log vernacular architecture in Tidewater Virginia and a unique survival of a log agricultural building that was later twice incorporated into a much larger frame structure.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[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. ↑ Brian Edward Gordineer (March 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Piney Grove" (PDF). and Accompanying photo


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