Aspen Lawn Explained

Aspen Lawn
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 14, 2000[1]
Designated Other1 Number:087-0137
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:4438 Hicksford Rd., near Drewryville, Virginia
Coordinates:36.6647°N -77.4364°W
Architecture:Federal, Greek Revival
Added:April 1, 2002
Refnum:02000319

Aspen Lawn, also known as V.T. Drewey Farm and Rawles Tract, is a historic plantation house located near Drewryville, Southampton County, Virginia. It was built about 1798, and is a two-story, five-bay, double pile timber frame dwelling. It has a standing seam metal hipped roof, four exterior end chimneys, and sits on a brick foundation. The house has Greek Revival and Federal design elements. The front facade features an imposing, two-story, pedimented portico sheltering the main entrance. Also on the property are the contributing tobacco barn, and the ruins of a barn and smokehouse.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Aspen Lawn. Robin Boyd Rawles. n.d.. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo