Cherry Walk Explained

Cherry Walk
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 14, 1982[1]
Designated Other1 Number:028-0008
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.8606°N -76.9517°W
Added:February 10, 1983
Refnum:83003280

Cherry Walk, also known as Cherry Row, is a historic home and farm complex located near Dunbrooke, Essex County, Virginia. The house is dated to the late-18th century, and is a -story, five-bay, brick dwelling with a gambrel roof. Also on the property are the contributing two dairies, a smokehouse, a kitchen, a privy, a large wooden barn encasing an older barn, a plank construction storage shed, a ruinous blacksmith shop, and the sites of other old outbuildings.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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: Cherry Walk . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. November 1982. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo