Sunnyside (Newsoms, Virginia) Explained

Sunnyside
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:October 21, 1981[1]
Designated Other1 Number:087-0098
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:VA 673, near Newsoms, Virginia
Coordinates:36.6444°N -77.1428°W
Built:c., 1847, 1870
Architecture:Greek Revival, Italianate
Added:July 8, 1982
Refnum:82004596

Sunnyside is a historic plantation house and complex located near Newsoms, Southampton County, Virginia. The house was built in three stages dating to about 1815, 1847, and 1870. It is a two-story, T-shaped frame dwelling. The main section was built in 1870, and has Greek Revival and Italianate design elements. The front facade features an imposing, two-story, pedimented portico sheltering the main entrance. Also on the property are 13 contributing outbuildings: a schoolhouse, school master's house, dairy, milk house, tenant's house, privy, pump house, sheds, peanut barn, a tall smokehouse, kitchen-laundry, and a garage.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sunnyside. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. October 1981. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo