Birdwood (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Birdwood is a historic home located on the grounds of the University of Virginia's Birdwood Golf Course near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. It is a two-story, brick plantation house built between 1819 and 1830. The main house is a square, double-pile, central-passage plan house with four rooms on each floor and an entry portico supported by four monumental Doric order columns. A massive Colonial Revival addition was built in the early-20th century. Also on the property are a two-room stone plantation quarters, a stable and garage, and a distinctive lighthouse-shaped water tower, and traces of the late 19th or early-20th century ornamental gardens that include sculpture and an elaborate iron and fieldstone gate.[3]
Birdwood | |
 Birdwood and water tower, April 2013 | |
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| Location | 500 Birdwood Dr., near Charlottesville, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°02′55″N 78°32′01″W |
| Area | 11.7 acres (4.7 ha) |
| Built | 1819-1830 |
| Architect | Charles Edgar and Hollis Rinehart |
| Architectural style | Early Republic, Classical Revival, Jeffersonian Classicism |
| NRHP reference No. | 03001094[1] |
| VLR No. | 002-0003 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 23, 2003 |
| Designated VLR | June 18, 2003[2] |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]
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 2013-05-12.
- Richard Sidebottom (March 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Birdwood" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos
External links
- Birdwood Ice House, U.S. Route 250 West, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
- Watertower at Birdwood Pavilion, Ivy Road off of U.S. Route 250 West, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA at HABS
