Prospect (Topping, Virginia) Explained

Prospect
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 17, 2004[1]
Designated Other1 Number:059-0025
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.6004°N -76.4443°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Federal
Added:May 19, 2004
Refnum:04000480

Prospect is a historic plantation house located near Topping, Middlesex County, Virginia. The house was constructed between 1820 and 1850, and is a -story, five-bay, frame dwelling with a gable roof in the Federal style. Two 38-foot chimneys abut each end of the house and the front and rear facades have identical gable-roofed porticos. Also on the property are the contributing 19th-century carriage house, an early 1900s farm shed, and the original brick-lined well.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

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: Prospect . Patricia R. Perhson and Mary C. Taylor. December 2003. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos