Mountain Grove (Esmont, Virginia)

Mountain Grove
Location Northwest of Esmont on VA 717, near Esmont, Virginia
Coordinates 37°50′08″N 78°38′38″W / 37.83556°N 78.64389°W / 37.83556; -78.64389Coordinates: 37°50′08″N 78°38′38″W / 37.83556°N 78.64389°W / 37.83556; -78.64389
Area 19 acres (7.7 ha)
Built 1803 (1803)-1804
Architectural style Early Republic, Jeffersonian
NRHP Reference # 80004164[1]
VLR # 002-0095
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 8, 1980
Designated VLR May 20, 1980[2]

Mountain Grove, also known as the Benjamin Harris House, is a historic home located near Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia. The house was built in 1803-1804, and consists of a two-story, three-bay center block flanked by single-bay, 1 1/2-story wings, in the Jeffersonian style. The brick dwelling sits on a high basement and the center block is treated as a classical temple motif, is capped by a pedimented gable roof. Also on the property are the brick ruins of a 19th-century kitchen.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (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 2013-05-12.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (May 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mountain Grove" (PDF). and Accompanying photo


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