Burlington (Barboursville, Virginia)

Burlington
Location 6400 Constitution Hwy., near Barboursville, Virginia
Coordinates 38°10′35″N 78°15′35″W / 38.17639°N 78.25972°W / 38.17639; -78.25972Coordinates: 38°10′35″N 78°15′35″W / 38.17639°N 78.25972°W / 38.17639; -78.25972
Area 200 acres (81 ha)
Built 1851 (1851)-1852
Built by Routt, William H.; Stockton, George H.
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 93001458[1]
VLR # 068-0007
Significant dates
Added to NRHP January 11, 1994
Designated VLR October 20, 1993[2]

Burlington is a historic plantation house located near Barboursville, Orange County, Virginia. The main house was built in 1851-1852, and is a two-story, three-bay, "T"-shaped residence with a shallow hipped roof in the Greek Revival style. It has a traditional I-house plan with an ell addition. The front facade features a portico with six Greek Ionic order columns with a plain entablature. It has a Jeffersonian Chinese lattice balcony cantilevered on the second floor. The exterior and interior detailing is derived almost entirely from Asher Benjamin's The Practical House Carpenter, 1830 edition. The house was built by James Barbour Newman, nephew of Governor James Barbour.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (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. Joseph S. White III (August 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Burlington" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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