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.