Trenton (Cumberland, Virginia)

Trenton
Location 751 Oak Hill Rd., Cumberland, Virginia
Coordinates 37°31′45″N 78°17′7″W / 37.52917°N 78.28528°W / 37.52917; -78.28528Coordinates: 37°31′45″N 78°17′7″W / 37.52917°N 78.28528°W / 37.52917; -78.28528
Area 13 acres (5.3 ha)
Built 1829
Architectural style Federal, Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 05000765 [1]
VLR # 024-0001
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 27, 2005
Designated VLR June 1, 2005[2]

Trenton, also known as the “Brick House,” is a historic plantation home located near Cumberland, Cumberland County, Virginia. It was built about 1829, and is a 2 1/2-story, brick dwelling with a center-passage, double-pile floor plan, in the Federal style. It has transitional elements of the Early Classical Revival style. A one-story, shed roofed addition was built about 1960. Also on the property are a contributing stable (c. 1930), brick shed/smokehouse, (c. 1930), grading building (c. 1950), and family cemetery. In 1936, the property was acquired by the Resettlement Administration and conveyed by deed to the Department of Conservation and Economic Development in 1954. Since then, it was used as the State Forest superintendent’s home for the Cumberland State Forest until 1990.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Debra A. McClane (May 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Trenton" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos


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