Esmont Explained

Esmont
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:May 17, 1977[1]
Designated Other1 Number:002-0030
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.8425°N -78.6064°W
Builder:Floyd Johnson
Architecture:Early Republic, Jeffersonian
Added:May 6, 1980
Refnum:80004163

Esmont is a historic home located near Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia. The house was built about 1818, and is a two-story, three-bay, square structure in the Jeffersonian style. It has a double pile, central passage plan. It is topped by a low hipped roof, surmounted by internal chimneys, further emphasized by the use of a balustrade with alternating solid and Chinese lattice panels. The front facade features a full-length tetrastyle porch with Doric order columns and entablature. Also on the property are a contributing brick kitchenwith a low hipped roof, office, a dairy and a smokehouse. The house was built for Dr. Charles Cocke, a nephew of James Powell Cocke who built the Edgemont.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

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: Esmont . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff . May 1977. and Accompanying photo