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Mountain Grove (Esmont, Virginia)

Coordinates: 37°50′08″N 78°38′38″W / 37.83556°N 78.64389°W / 37.83556; -78.64389
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Mountain Grove
Drawing of the house
Mountain Grove (Esmont, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Mountain Grove (Esmont, Virginia)
Mountain Grove (Esmont, Virginia) is located in the United States
Mountain Grove (Esmont, Virginia)
LocationNorthwest of Esmont on VA 717, near Esmont, Virginia
Coordinates37°50′08″N 78°38′38″W / 37.83556°N 78.64389°W / 37.83556; -78.64389
Area19 acres (7.7 ha)
Built1803 (1803)-1804
Architectural styleEarly Republic, Jeffersonian
NRHP reference No.80004164[1]
VLR No.002-0095
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1980
Designated VLRMay 20, 1980[2]

Mountain Grove, also known as the Benjamin Harris House, is a historic home located near Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia. The house was built in 1803–1804, and consists of a two-story, three-bay center block flanked by single-bay, 1+12-story wings, in the Jeffersonian style. The brick dwelling sits on a high basement and the center block is treated as a classical temple motif, is capped by a pedimented gable roof. Also on the property are the brick ruins of a 19th-century kitchen.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[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 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (May 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mountain Grove" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
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