Willow Grove (Madison Mills, Virginia)

Willow Grove
Location 2 mi. (3.2 km) NW of Orange on U.S. 15, near Madison Mills, Virginia
Coordinates 38°16′23″N 78°07′57″W / 38.27306°N 78.13250°W / 38.27306; -78.13250Coordinates: 38°16′23″N 78°07′57″W / 38.27306°N 78.13250°W / 38.27306; -78.13250
Area 25 acres (10 ha)
Built 1787 (1787)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP Reference # 79003063[1]
VLR # 068-0049
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 7, 1979
Designated VLR November 12, 1978[2]

Willow Grove, also known as the Clark House, is a historic plantation house located near Madison Mills, Orange County, Virginia. The main brick section was built about 1848, and is connected to a frame wing dated to about 1787. The main section is a 2 12-story, six-bay, Greek Revival-style brick structure on a high basement. The front facade features a massive, 2 12-story, tetrastyle pedimented portico with Tuscan order columns, a full Tuscan entablature, an arched brick podium, and Chinese lattice railings. Also on the property are numerous 19th-century dependencies and farm buildings, including a two-story schoolhouse, a one-story weaving house, a smokehouse, and a frame-and-stone barn and stable.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[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. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Willow Grove" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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