Yorkshire House | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | March 16, 2005[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 156-5095 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | 405 Winchester St., Warrenton, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 38.725°N -77.7992°W |
Built: | -1939 |
Architect: | Heller, Henri de |
Builder: | Grant, Charles T. |
Architecture: | Modern Movement |
Added: | June 1, 2005 |
Refnum: | 05000522 |
Yorkshire House is a historic home located at Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. It was built in 1938–1939, and is a two-story, 13 bay, brick dwelling in the Modern Movement style. It features a low-pitched slate roof, a horizontal emphasis, a curved corner with continuous steel windows, a large glass block window, an elliptical bay window with steel casements and a foliated, geometric, metal balustrade on the rear balcony. Also on the property are the contributing brick and-stucco garage, a banked stone pump house, and a frame storage shed (c. 1939).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005."