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Woodbourne (Forest, Virginia)

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Historic house in Virginia, United States United States historic place
Woodbourne
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Roadside view of the house
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LocationOff Gumtree Road, northeast of Forest, Virginia
Coordinates37°22′15″N 79°16′37″W / 37.37083°N 79.27694°W / 37.37083; -79.27694
Area90 acres (36 ha)
Builtc. 1785 (1785)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.73001997
VLR No.009-0033
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 2, 1973
Designated VLRApril 17, 1973

Woodbourne is a historic plantation house located near Forest, Bedford County, Virginia. It was built in three two-story sections and representative of Federal period architecture. The earliest dates to about 1785, and is the frame east wing. The central stuccoed brick section was added about 1810, and the frame west wing between about 1815 and 1820. It has a slate gable roof with a central pediment and exterior end chimneys. Also on the property are a contributing small, handsome brick office, a weatherboarded cook's house and storeroom, a lattice wellhouse, and icehouse.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Woodbourne" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
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