Barton Lodge Explained

Barton Lodge
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 19, 2013[1]
Designated Other1 Number:008-0027
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:373 French's Hill Dr., near Hot Springs, Virginia
Coordinates:37.9967°N -79.8344°W
Built:-1900
Builder:Grace & Hyde Co.
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:December 24, 2013
Refnum:13000984[2]

Barton Lodge, also known as Malvern Hall and French House, is a historic home located near Hot Springs, Bath County, Virginia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

History

It was built in 1898–1900, and is a -story, five-bay, double pile, Classical Revival style frame dwelling. It features a hipped roof with two hipped-roofed dormers on the north and south elevations and a temple front featuring a pedimented portico supported by Corinthian order columns. It has a one-story, flat-roofed, four-bay west wing. The house is situated on French's Hill overlooking The Homestead.

Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans (1872–1953) purchased Barton Lodge in October 1927, and renamed it Malvern Hall. Subsequent to her death in 1953, her Foundation made a gift of the Malvern Hall property in 1961 to St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Hot Springs.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2014-01-03. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/23/13 through 12/27/13. National Park Service. February 2, 2014. February 19, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140219220038/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20140103.htm. dead.
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Barton Lodge. Bill Frazier . Beth Scripps . Laura Purvis . amp . July 2013. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying five photos