Edgemont, also known as Cocke Farm, is a historic home located near Covesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built about 1796, and is a one- to two-story, three-bay, frame structure in the Jeffersonian style. It measures 50 feet by 50 feet, and sits on a stuccoed stone exposed basement. The house is topped by a hipped roof surmounted by four slender chimneys. The entrances feature pedimented Tuscan order portico that consists of Tuscan columns supporting a full entablature. Also on the property is a rubble stone garden outbuilding with a hipped roof. The house was restored in 1948 by Charlottesville architect Milton Grigg (1905–1982).[3] Its design closely resembles Folly near Staunton, Virginia.[4]
Edgemont | |
 Edgemont, Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, 1935 | |
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| Location | Junction of VA 708 and VA 627, near Covesville, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°54′16″N 78°36′55″W / 37.90444°N 78.61528°W |
| Area | 30 acres (12 ha) |
| Built | c. 1796 |
| Architect | Jefferson, Thomas; Grigg, Milton |
| Architectural style | Early Republic, Jeffersonian |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004162[1] |
| VLR No. | 002-0087 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 28, 1980 |
| Designated VLR | September 16, 1980[2] |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (September 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Edgemont" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (August 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Folly" (PDF).
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