Kendall Grove (Eastville, Virginia) Explained

Kendall Grove
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:October 21, 1980[1]
Designated Other1 Number:065-0060
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:VA 674, near Eastville, Virginia
Coordinates:37.3822°N -75.9431°W
Built:c., c. 1840
Architecture:Greek Revival, Federal
Added:June 21, 1982
Refnum:82004576

Kendall Grove is a historic plantation house located near Eastville, Virginia, United States. It was built about 1813, and is a two-story, Federal style wood-frame house with two-story projecting pavilions on the front and the rear and smaller two-story wings on each end added about 1840. It is cross-shaped in plan. The main house is joined by a long passage to a wood-frame kitchen-laundry. The house was improved about 1840, with the addition of Greek Revival style interior details. It was the home of Congressman and General Severn E. Parker.[2] The home has the name of Colonel William Kendall, the original owner of the site.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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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: Kendall Grove. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission . October 1980. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  3. Book: Federal Writers' Project. The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. American guide series . 1938. Works Progress Administration. 77.