Redlands (Covesville, Virginia) Explained

Redlands
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 9, 1969[1]
Designated Other1 Number:002-0067
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.9178°N -78.5306°W
Built:c. -1808
Architecture:Georgian, Federal, Tidewater Georgian
Added:November 12, 1969
Refnum:69000218

Redlands is a historic home located near Covesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built between about 1798 and 1808, and is a rectangular two-story, five-bay, brick structure covered by a hipped roof in the Federal style. It features a Tuscan order front porch. Its interior is notable for its fine Adamesque woodwork. The master builder of the house was Martin Thacker, of neighboring Cedar Grove. It was built for Robert Carter, grandson of John Carter, around the time of his marriage to Mary Eliza Coles of neighboring Enniscorthy.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Redlands (Archived from the original with Wayback Machine). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. July 1969. https://web.archive.org/web/20180218040336/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Albemarle/002-0067%20-%20Redlands%20-%201969%20-%20Final%20Nomination.pdf. 2018-02-18. and Accompanying photo