Spring Grove (Oak Corner, Virginia) Explained

Spring Grove
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 21, 1976[1]
Designated Other1 Number:016-0025
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Architecture:Italianate
Added:December 12, 1976
Refnum:76002097

Spring Grove is a historic home located at Oak Corner, Caroline County, Virginia. It was built in 1856, and is an Italian Villa style dwelling built for Daniel Coleman DeJarnette, Sr. (1822–1881) on a plantation that had been owned by the DeJarnette family, French Huguenot immigrants to Virginia, since 1740. The 26 room, 12,000 square foot mansion is the third house to occupy the site.[2] [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Book: The Virginia Landmarks Registers – Page 90 – Google Books Result. University of Virginia Press. 1999. 9780813918624.
  3. Web site: Virgin Virginia – The Steeple Times.