Edge Hill (Woodford, Virginia) Explained

Edge Hill
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 14, 1982[1]
Designated Other1 Number:016-0006
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:W of Woodford on VA 632, near Woodford, Virginia
Coordinates:38.1175°N -77.4603°W
Built:1821, c. 1840
Architecture:Greek Revival, Federal
Added:February 10, 1983
Refnum:83003264

Edge Hill is a historic plantation house located near Woodford in Caroline County, Virginia, United States. It was built in two sections. The earliest dates from 1820 to 1821 and enlarged about 1840 by adding the western half, giving it a formal, symmetrical five-bay facade. It is a two-story brick dwelling with a gable roof and Federal exterior and interior detailing.

Also on the property is a large wooden building sheathed in board-and-batten siding and covered by a shallow hipped roof. It was built in 1857, as the Edge Hill Academy, a boys' school operated by the owner of Edge Hill.[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. 21 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Edge Hill . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. 1982. and Accompanying photo