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°WCoordinates: 38°16′23″N 78°07′57″W / 38.27306°N 78.13250°W
Area 25 acres (10 ha)
Built 1787
Architectural style Greek Revival, Federal
Governing body Private
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 home 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 1/2-story, six-bay, Greek Revival style brick structure on a high basement. The front facade features a massive, 2 1/2-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. 1.0 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. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Willow Grove". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo