Spring Green (Mechanicsville, Virginia) Explained

Spring Green
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 12, 2001[1]
Designated Other1 Number:042-0031
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.6303°N -77.1725°W
Built:c., c. 1800
Architecture:Federal
Added:December 31, 2002
Refnum:02000316

Spring Green is an historic home located near Mechanicsville, Hanover County, Virginia. It was built about 1800 and encompasses an earlier dwelling dated to about 1764. It is a -story, five-bay, center hall, single pile frame dwelling in the Federal style. The oldest section includes the hall, east parlor with the old kitchen. The house sits on a brick foundation, has a gable roof with dormers, and exterior end chimneys. Also on the property is a contributing smokehouse.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. 21 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. live.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Spring Green . Meredith Holden . June 2001 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources . 2013-07-17 . 2012-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120926235439/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Hanover/042-0031_Spring_Green_2002_Final_Nomination.pdf . live . and Accompanying photo