Ingleside (Ridgeway, Virginia) Explained

Ingleside
Coordinates:36.5964°N -79.8567°W
Architecture:Late Gothic Revival
Added:August 5, 1999
Area:5acres
Refnum:99000963

Ingleside is a historic house at 500 Mica Road in Henry County, Virginia, north of Ridgeway. It is a two-story wood-frame house with a mix of Greek and Gothic Revival features. It has a basically square shape, with three bays divided by vertical boards that resemble pilasters. Its gables are adorned with Gothic scalloped vergeboard. Its interiors include distinctive painted finishes, include a fireplace mantel painted to resemble gold-veined black marble. The house is believed to have been built in the 1870s by a member of the Penn family, who were recorded as the landowners in the late 1870s.[1]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Ingleside. Virginia DHR. 2017-10-16.