John Hite House
John Hite House, also known as Springdale, is a historic home located near Bartonsville, Frederick County, Virginia. The original house was built in 1753, and is of native limestone laid in irregular ashlar with some random-coursed limestone rubble used on its secondary walls. It was remodeled in the Greek Revival style about 1835–40 and again in the Colonial Revival style about 1900. The front facade features a 19th-century four-bay, two-story portico. Also on the property are the contributing stone ruins of what is believed to be Jost Hite's tavern/house of the 1730s, a stone shed, and small wood-frame spring house. Springdale was originally, the home of Jost Hite, the earliest white settler in the lower Shenandoah Valley. Jost Hite was Pennsylvania Dutch, moving to Shenandoah in August, 1731. Colonel John I. Hite, son of Jost Hite, built the Springdale family dwelling.[4]
John Hite House | |
 John Hite House, or Springdale, January 2017 | |
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| Location | US 11, near Bartonsville, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°06′34.8″N 78°12′13.9″W |
| Area | 12 acres (4.9 ha) |
| Built | 1753, portico is 19th-century, pre-Civil War[1] |
| Built by | Hite, John |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004558[2] |
| VLR No. | 034-0127 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 8, 1982 |
| Designated VLR | April 21, 1981[3] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]
References
- Colt, Margaretta Barton Colt, Defend the Valley, 1873 photograph p. xi
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (April 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: John Hite House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
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