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Thomas J. Michie House

Coordinates: 38°8′59″N 79°4′3″W / 38.14972°N 79.06750°W / 38.14972; -79.06750
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Thomas J. Michie House
Front of the house
Thomas J. Michie House is located in Virginia
Thomas J. Michie House
Thomas J. Michie House is located in the United States
Thomas J. Michie House
Location324 E. Beverley St., Staunton, Virginia
Coordinates38°8′59″N 79°4′3″W / 38.14972°N 79.06750°W / 38.14972; -79.06750
Area1.2 acres
Built1847 (1847)-1848
Architectural styleGreek Revival
Part ofGospel Hill Historic District (ID85000299)
NRHP reference No.82004603[1]
VLR No.132-0033
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 9, 1982
Designated CPFebruary 14, 1985
Designated VLRJuly 20, 1982[2]

Thomas J. Michie House is a historic home located at Staunton, Virginia. It was built in 1847–1848, and is a three-story, three-bay, Greek Revival style brick dwelling with a two-story wing. The total size is 7,100 square feet. The front facade features a one-story, flat-roofed entrance porch supported by four slender Tuscan order columns. The interior has two elaborate country Federal mantels taken from a nearby 1820 country home. It was built by Thomas J. Michie, who represented Augusta County in the Virginia House of Delegates and may be of the same family that built Michie's Tavern in Charlottesville, Virginia as well as Michie Stadium at West Point Military Academy. It was later the home of jurist Allen Caperton Braxton (1862-1914) and Henry W. Holt (1864-1947) who was the Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1] It is located in the Gospel Hill Historic District.

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 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ Elizabeth A. Bray (July 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Thomas J. Michie House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo