William Barnett House is a historic home located at Alleghany Springs, Montgomery County, Virginia. It is a long two-story, log and frame structure consisting of a number of elements of different dates. The earliest section may date to 1813, and is the central log section with a two-story frame or log addition and adjacent room and a frame two-room section added in the mid-19th century. It has a rear wing and is topped by a standing seam metal gable roof. It features a two-story ornamental porch that spans the entire front of the building with chamfered posts and sawn balusters. Also on the property are a contributing two-story, single-pen log kitchen; a small stone shed-roofed greenhouse; and a corn crib.[3]
William Barnett House | |
 William Barnett House, October 2013 | |
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| Location | Off VA 637, 0.1 miles (0.16 km) north of VA 638, Alleghany Springs, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°8′35″N 80°16′1″W / 37.14306°N 80.26694°W |
| Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
| Built | c. 1813 |
| Architectural style | Rectangular single-pen plan |
| MPS | Montgomery County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001806[1] |
| VLR No. | 060-0472 |
| 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 (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: William Barnett House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo