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]
Walnut Spring | |
 Distant view through the trees | |
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| Location | VA 655, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the junction with VA 654, near Kanodes Mill, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°13′41″N 80°29′23″W / 37.22806°N 80.48972°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Architectural style | Single-pile center-passage |
| MPS | Montgomery County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001878[1] |
| VLR No. | 060-0243 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 13, 1989 |
| Designated VLR | June 20, 1989[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[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.
- ^ Gibson Worsham (January 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Walnut Spring" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo