Melville is a historic home located near Surry, Surry County, Virginia. It was built about 1727, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, hall-parlor plan brick dwelling. It has a clipped gable roof with three pedimented dormers and features tall interior end chimneys. It has a frame shed roofed addition in the rear dated to the early-19th century and a screened front porch and wing dated to the early-20th century.[3]
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| Location | E of Surry, near Surry, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°08′31″N 76°47′24″W / 37.14194°N 76.79000°W |
| Area | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
| Built | c. 1727 |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004228[1] |
| VLR No. | 090-0013 |
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| Added to NRHP | May 6, 1980 |
| Designated VLR | December 21, 1976[2] |
It was listed on 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. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Melville" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo