Edgemont (Covesville, Virginia) Explained

Edgemont
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:Junction of VA 708 and VA 627, near Covesville, Virginia
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 16, 1980[1]
Designated Other1 Number:002-0087
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.9044°N -78.6153°W
Built:c.
Architect:Jefferson, Thomas; Grigg, Milton
Architecture:Early Republic, Jeffersonian
Added:November 28, 1980
Refnum:80004162

Edgemont, also known as Cocke Farm, is a historic home located near Covesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built about 1796, and is a one- to two-story, three-bay, frame structure in the Jeffersonian style. It measures 50 feet by 50 feet, and sits on a stuccoed stone exposed basement. The house is topped by a hipped roof surmounted by four slender chimneys. The entrances feature pedimented Tuscan order portico that consists of Tuscan columns supporting a full entablature. Also on the property is a rubble stone garden outbuilding with a hipped roof. The house was restored in 1948 by Charlottesville architect Milton Grigg (1905–1982).[2] Its design closely resembles Folly near Staunton, Virginia.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12. 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: Edgemont . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. September 1980. and Accompanying photo
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Folly. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. August 1973.