Grove Mount is a historic plantation house located near Warsaw in Richmond County, Virginia, United States. The main house was built about 1780–1800 by Robert Mitchell with the profits of forced labor; by 1808, he had enslaved 76 people. It is a large, two-story, five-bay Late Georgian-style frame dwelling. It has a hipped roof and interior end chimneys. A kitchen wing was added in 1952 and an orangery added in 1989. Also on the property are the contributing late-18th century dairy, a log corn crib, and a late-19th or early-20th century frame outbuilding. There is also the archeological site of the former kitchen and possibly other outbuildings adjacent to the old kitchen.[3]
Grove Mount | |
 Front of the house | |
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| Location | Jct. of VA 635 and VA 624, near Warsaw, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°00′33″N 76°49′58″W / 38.00917°N 76.83278°W |
| Area | 101.6 acres (41.1 ha) |
| Built | c. 1780-1800 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 90001995[1] |
| VLR No. | 079-0005 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 3, 1991 |
| Designated VLR | December 12, 1989[2] |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[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. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ W. Brown Morton III (November 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Grove Mount" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo