Clifton (Shadwell, Virginia)

Clifton
Location VA 729 at the Rivanna River, near Shadwell, Virginia
Coordinates 38°0′25″N 78°23′51″W / 38.00694°N 78.39750°W / 38.00694; -78.39750Coordinates: 38°0′25″N 78°23′51″W / 38.00694°N 78.39750°W / 38.00694; -78.39750
Area 739 acres (299 ha)
Built c. 1800 (1800)
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Federal
NRHP Reference # 89001922[1]
VLR # 002-0155
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 2, 1989
Designated VLR June 21, 1988[2]

Clifton is a historic home located near Shadwell, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built about 1800, and is a large, rambling two-story, five bay, wood frame dwelling. The house has later 19th- and 20th-century Colonial Revival-style additions and alterations. The front facade features a double level porch, added about 1930, and the interior has Federal details. Also on the property are the contributing brick office (c. 1833-45); the ruins of an early 19th-century spring house; the shaft of a 19th-century stone-lined ice house; an early 20th-century chicken coop and an altered 1920s brick garage. Clifton was built by Congressman and Virginia Governor Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. (1768-1828). It was part of the never-to-be port of North Milton, a sister port to the now extinct village of Milton directly across the Rivanna River.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[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 2013-12-05.
  3. Marc C. Wagner (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Clifton" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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