Hexagon House Explained

Hexagon House
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:April 21, 1987[1]
Designated Other1 Number:138-0034
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:530 Amherst St., Winchester, Virginia
Coordinates:39.1875°N -78.1756°W
Built:-1873
Architect:Leathers, B.
Architecture:Hexagon House
Added:September 10, 1987
Refnum:87001550

Hexagon House is a historic home in Winchester, Virginia built between 1871 and 1873 and is a two-story, hexagon floor-plan, brick dwelling, with semi-hexagonal ground-floor projections and an ornate three-bay veranda-style porch on the principal façade. It has a central chimney and is topped by dark red, low-pitched roofs extending to substantial white cornicing.[2]

The house was designed by architect Brice Leatherman for James W. Burgess in a style designed to open up interior space and let in more natural light, and was completed in 1873. Its hexagonal elements are even rarer than octagon houses built on similar principles.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hexagon House. Richard C. Cote and Division of Historic Landmarks Staff . 1987. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  3. Web site: The Hexagon House: 530 Amherst Street. Preservation of Historic Winchester, Inc.. 20 May 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130829053617/http://www.phwi.org/rf/530amherst.html. 29 August 2013.