The Cove (Harrisburg, Virginia) Explained

The Cove
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:August 21, 1991[1]
Designated Other1 Number:041-5086
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:36.9828°N -78.7475°W
Added:May 11, 2006
Refnum:06000407

The Cove is a historic plantation house located near Harrisburg, in Halifax County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1773, and is a -story, vernacular frame dwelling with a gable roof and flanking stone chimneys. Also on the property are the contributing two secondary dwellings, a hay barn, and two log tobacco barns (one of which has been converted to a dwelling); and sites including the ruins of four log barns, three chimneys, an ice house, a frame barn, a frame shed, a log house, and what are believed to be at least two slave quarters and an archeological site.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

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: The Cove . Kimberly M. Chen. March 2006 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos