Carrsbrook

Carrsbrook
Carrsbrook, South Fork River vicinity, Charlottesville vicinity (Albemarle County, Virginia).jpg
Location VA 1424, near Charlottesville, Virginia
Coordinates 38°5′36″N 78°27′19″W / 38.09333°N 78.45528°W / 38.09333; -78.45528Coordinates: 38°5′36″N 78°27′19″W / 38.09333°N 78.45528°W / 38.09333; -78.45528
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built c. 1785 (1785)
Architectural style Colonial, Palladian
NRHP Reference # 82004532[1]
VLR # 002-0011
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 8, 1982
Designated VLR July 21, 1981[2]

Carrsbrook is a historic home and farm complex located near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1785, and is a five part Palladian style dwelling. It has a central, projecting 2 1/2-story, three bay wide section flanked by 1 1/2-story, single-bay wings connected by hyphens. The front facade features a single-story dwarf portico, supported by Doric order columns. From 1798 to 1815 the house served as the residence and school of Thomas Jefferson's ward and nephew, Peter Carr.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[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 2013-05-12.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (July 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Carrsbrook" (PDF). and Accompanying photo

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