Walnut Spring

Walnut Spring
Location VA 655, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the junction with VA 654, near Kanodes Mill, Virginia
Coordinates 37°13′41″N 80°29′23″W / 37.22806°N 80.48972°W / 37.22806; -80.48972Coordinates: 37°13′41″N 80°29′23″W / 37.22806°N 80.48972°W / 37.22806; -80.48972
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Architectural style Single-pile center-passage
MPS Montgomery County MPS
NRHP Reference # 89001878[1]
VLR # 060-0243
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 13, 1989
Designated VLR June 20, 1989[2]

Walnut Spring is a historic home located near Kanodes Mill, Montgomery County, Virginia. The house is a large, two-story, gable-roofed, dwelling with a single pile central passage plan. It was built in the period 1830-1865. It has a long appendage to the rear made up of connected outbuildings. It features gable ends finished with tapered rake boards with decorative sawn ends, and a box cornice detailed with a simple flat, stepped, or corbeled form.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[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 5 June 2013.
  3. Gibson Worsham (January 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Walnut Spring" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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