Locust Grove (Lynchburg, Virginia)

Locust Grove
Locust Grove, Lynchburg VA, November 2009
Location Marvin Pl., Lynchburg, Virginia
Coordinates 37°26′26″N 79°14′59″W / 37.44056°N 79.24972°W / 37.44056; -79.24972Coordinates: 37°26′26″N 79°14′59″W / 37.44056°N 79.24972°W / 37.44056; -79.24972
Area 32 acres (13 ha)
Built 1810 (1810)
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 92001704[1]
VLR # 118-0219
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 17, 1992
Designated VLR June 19, 1991[2]

Locust Grove is a historic home located on a 32-acre (13 ha) tract. at Lynchburg, Virginia. It is a five-bay, double-pile, central-passage-plan. 1 12-story, timberframe, four end chimney Federal-style house. It was begun about 1810 for Edmund Cobbs, Jr. It was enlarged significantly between 1825 and 1830 to its present central-passage plan. The house was extensively renovated in 1932, at which time a garage, barn, guest house, and tenant house, were erected.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[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 19 March 2013.
  3. Denise Apland (December 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Locust Grove" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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