Hopefield (Warrenton, Virginia) Explained

Hopefield
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 18, 2008[1]
Designated Other1 Number:030-0085
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:6763 Airlie Rd., near Warrenton, Virginia
Coordinates:38.7528°N -77.7878°W
Architect:Fleming, W.H. Irwin; et al.
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Federal Revival
Added:March 10, 2009
Refnum:09000120

Hopefield, also known as Brick House Place and Chestnut Grove, is a historic home located near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. The house was originally constructed around 1855 in the late Federal style. The mansion was altered in 1924, making it an unusual local example of the asymmetrical Colonial Revival style. Contributing resources include a brick summer kitchen (c. 1855); a stone walled well (c. 1855), an icehouse with an iron door (c. 1855); timber-framed, multi-purpose, drive-in crib barn (c. 1855); and the beginnings of the designed landscape that evolved with Colonial Revival-style characteristics in the early-20th century. The pump house, built within a stone ha-ha wall, and the swimming pool date to 1924. A brick four-car garage and a tenant house for staff were constructed between 1928 and 1950 in the Colonial Revival-style. A house ruin on Cedar Run (c. 1890) joins the landscape as a contributing site.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hopefield . Cheryl H. Shepherd. September 2008. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos