Westerhouse House
Westerhouse House | |
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| Location | West of Bridgetown off VA 619, near Bridgetown, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°26′56″N 75°58′10″W / 37.44889°N 75.96944°W |
| Area | 22 acres (8.9 ha) |
| Built | c. 1700 |
| Built by | Westerhouse, Adrian; Westerhouse, William |
| Architectural style | Pre-Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 74002139[1] |
| VLR No. | 065-0030 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 19, 1974 |
| Designated VLR | September 17, 1974[2] |
Westerhouse House is a historic home located near Bridgetown, Northampton County, Virginia. It dates to about 1700, and is a small, one-story, four-bay, farmhouse with a steep gable roof and asymmetrical elevations. It features an exterior end chimney with a heavy pyramidal base, long sloping tiled weatherings and squat free-standing stack.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (August 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Westerhouse House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
External links[edit]
- West House, Westerhouse Creek, Bridgetown, Northampton County, VA 1 photo and 3 measured drawings at Historic American Buildings Survey
Categories:
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1700
- Houses in Northampton County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Northampton County, Virginia
- 1700 establishments in Virginia
- Bridgetown, Virginia
- Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Northampton County, Virginia geography stubs