Willow Grove (Madison Mills, Virginia)

Willow Grove, also known as the Clark House, is a historic plantation house located near Madison Mills, Orange County, Virginia. The main brick section was built about 1848, and is connected to a frame wing dated to about 1787. The main section is a 2+12-story, six-bay, Greek Revival-style brick structure on a high basement. The front facade features a massive, 2+12-story, tetrastyle pedimented portico with Tuscan order columns, a full Tuscan entablature, an arched brick podium, and Chinese lattice railings. Also on the property are numerous 19th-century dependencies and farm buildings, including a two-story schoolhouse, a one-story weaving house, a smokehouse, and a frame-and-stone barn and stable.[3]

Willow Grove
Distant view from the east
Willow Grove (Madison Mills, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Willow Grove (Madison Mills, Virginia)
Willow Grove (Madison Mills, Virginia) is located in the United States
Willow Grove (Madison Mills, Virginia)
LocationU.S. Route 15, 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Orange, Virginia
Coordinates38°16′23″N 78°07′57″W / 38.27306°N 78.13250°W / 38.27306; -78.13250
Area25 acres (10 ha)
Built1787 (1787)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.79003063[1]
VLR No.068-0049
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 7, 1979
Designated VLRNovember 12, 1978[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Willow Grove" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo