Estouteville (Esmont, Virginia) Explained

Estouteville
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:April 19, 1977[1]
Designated Other1 Number:002-0032
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Southeast of Powell Corner off VA 712, near Powell Corner, Virginia
Coordinates:37.8825°N -78.5728°W
Built:c.
Builder:James Dinsmore
Architecture:Early Republic, Jeffersonian
Added:January 30, 1978
Refnum:78003002

Estouteville is a historic home located near Powell Corner, Albemarle County, Virginia. The main house was begun in 1827, and consists of a two-story, seven-bay central block, 68 feet by 43 feet, with two 35 feet by 26 feet, three-bay, single-story wings. It is constructed of brick and is in the Roman Revival style. A Tuscan cornice embellishes the low hipped roofs of all three sections, each of which is surmounted by tall interior end chimneys. The interior plan is dominated by the large Great Hall, a 23-by-35-foot richly decorated room. Also on the property are a contributing kitchen / wash house; a square frame dairy (now a chicken house); a square, brick smokehouse, probably built in the mid-19th century, also covered with a pyramidal roof; and a frame slave quarters.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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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 Form: Estouteville . Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. April 1977. and Accompanying photo