Esmont

Esmont
Location North of Esmont, near Esmont, Virginia
Coordinates 37°50′33″N 78°36′23″W / 37.84250°N 78.60639°WCoordinates: 37°50′33″N 78°36′23″W / 37.84250°N 78.60639°W
Area 53 acres (21 ha)
Built 1818
Built by Johnson, Floyd
Architectural style Early Republic, Jeffersonian
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 80004163[1]
VLR # 002-0030
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 6, 1980
Designated VLR May 17, 1977[2]

Esmont is a historic home located near Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia. The house was built about 1818, and is a two-story, three bay, square structure in the Jeffersonian style. It has a double pile, central passage plan. It is topped by a low hipped roof, surmounted by internal chimneys, further emphasized by the use of a balustrade with alternating solid and Chinese lattice panels. The front facade features a full length tetrastyle porch with Doric order columns and entablature. Also on the property are a contributing brick kitchen with a low hipped roof, office, a dairy and a smokehouse. The house was built for Dr. Charles Cocke, a nephew of James Powell Cocke who built the Edgemont.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 05-12-2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (May 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Esmont". and Accompanying photo