Booth–Lovelace House Explained

Booth–Lovelace House
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 12, 2002[1]
Designated Other1 Number:033-0066
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.1711°N -79.8664°W
Builder:Seth Richardson
Architecture:Greek Revival, Italianate
Added:September 14, 2002
Refnum:02000996

Booth–Lovelace House, also known as the Overhome Bed and Breakfast, is a historic home located near Hardy, Franklin County, Virginia. It was built in approximately 1859 and is a large, two-story, frame dwelling with weatherboard siding. It has a metal-sheathed hip roof above a bracketed Italianate cornice and three Greek Revival one-story porches. Also on the property are a contributing office / dwelling, ash house, granary, barn, and spring. The house was converted to a bed and breakfast in the 1990s.[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: Booth–Lovelace House. J. Daniel Pezzoni. February 2002. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo