Walnut Valley (Highgate, Virginia)
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Walnut Valley | |
 Fields and buildings at the site | |
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| Location | Southeastern corner of Highgate and Chippokes Farm Rds, near Highgate, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°07′15″N 76°44′33″W / 37.12083°N 76.74250°WCoordinates: 37°07′15″N 76°44′33″W / 37.12083°N 76.74250°W |
| Area | 262.91 acres (106.40 ha) |
| Built | c. 1770, 1816 |
| Architectural style | Postmedieval English, Federal |
| NRHP reference # | 13000649[1] |
| VLR # | 090-0023 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 27, 2013 |
| Designated VLR | June 19, 2013[2] |
Walnut Valley is a historic plantation house and archaeological site located near Highgate, Surry County, Virginia. The property includes a plantation house (c. 1770), a frame slave quarter (1816), eight contributing 19th- and 20th-century agricultural and domestic outbuildings and structures, and an archaeological site. The house is a 1 1/2-story, four-bay, double-pile, side-gabled frame house on a brick foundation. It measures 40 feet, 4 inches, by 30 feet, 5 inches and features Federal style decorative elements. The one-story, two-bay frame slave quarter measures 14 feet by 16 feet, and is clad in weatherboard. The contributing outbuildings include a frame kitchen, a late-19th century storehouse and a granary, well house, silo, and three chicken houses. The property was conveyed to the Commonwealth of Virginia for the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation on January 14, 2004.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]
References
- 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/23/13 through 8/30/13. National Park Service. 2013-09-06.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ↑ David Lewes (March 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Walnut Valley" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying six photos
