Rokeby | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | December 1, 2004[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 048-0019 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | 5447 Kings Hwy, King George, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 38.2719°N -77.2475°W |
Built: | c., 1912, 1917 |
Architecture: | Federal |
Added: | January 20, 2005 |
Refnum: | 04001544 |
Rokeby is a historic home located at King George, King George County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1828, and is a two-story, three bay Federal style brick dwelling. It has a low hipped roof, tripartite windows, lintel-typewindow heads, and elliptical, leaded-glass fanlight with flanking sidelights. The original block wasenlarged about 1912 by a pair of flanking two-story, frame pavilions, and in 1917, the west wing was substantially enlarged. Also on the property are the contributing antebellum smokehouse and a complex of buildings built in 1917-1920: (1) schoolhouse; (2) summer / tenant house; (3) playhouse; (4) garage; (5) Sears, Roebuck catalog-ordered horse barn; (6) sheep barn; and (7) cattle run-in shed.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.