Sunnyside (Heathsville, Virginia)

Sunnyside
Location S side of US 360, E of jct. with VA 201, Heathsville, Virginia
Coordinates 37°54′52″N 76°28′3″W / 37.91444°N 76.46750°WCoordinates: 37°54′52″N 76°28′3″W / 37.91444°N 76.46750°W
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built c. 1822
Architectural style Federal
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 96000580[1]
VLR # 066-0011
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 23, 1996
Designated VLR October 18, 1995[2]

Sunnyside is a historic plantation home located at Heathsville, Northumberland County, Virginia. It was built about 1822, and is a two-story, single-pile, central-passage-plan Federal style brick I-house. It is topped by a gabled standing seam metal roof and has a two-story kitchen addition and a two-story rear addition. The front facade features a one-story, flat-roofed portico featuring paired Doric order columns. Also on the property are the contributing former smokehouse, dairy, guest house (formerly a kitchen), carriage house, corn crib, and barn.[3] It is located in the Heathsville Historic District.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[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 5 June 2013.
  3. Amy R. Cole and Helen Lee Fletcher (April 1992, June 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sunnyside". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Check date values in: |date= (help) and Accompanying photo