Eltham Manor is a historic estate located near Bassett, Henry County, Virginia. It was built in 1936 by William McKinley Bassett, and is a Colonial Revival brick dwelling. The manor is named for the Burwell Bassett family home, "Eltham Plantation", in Eltham, Virginia, that burned in 1879. It consists of a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, central section flanked by two-story wings, connected by cured hyphens to a two-story garage and servant's quarters at the north end and a one-story open-air pavilion at the south end. The front facade features a Doric order portico with smooth two-story columns. Also on the property are a contributing barn (c. 1936) and lake (c. 1936).[3]
Eltham Manor | |
 Entrance to the property | |
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| Location | 405 Riverside Dr., near Bassett, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°43′57″N 79°58′05″W / 36.73250°N 79.96806°W |
| Area | 200 acres (81 ha) |
| Built | 1936 |
| Built by | Millard Mason (barn) |
| Architect | William Roy Wallace |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 99000960[1] |
| VLR No. | 044-5011 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 5, 1999 |
| Designated VLR | December 7, 2005[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ J. Daniel Pezzoni (February 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eltham Manor" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo