Walnut Valley (Highgate, Virginia)

Walnut Valley
Location Southeastern corner of Highgate and Chippokes Farm Rds, near Highgate, Virginia
Coordinates 37°07′15″N 76°44′33″W / 37.12083°N 76.74250°W / 37.12083; -76.74250Coordinates: 37°07′15″N 76°44′33″W / 37.12083°N 76.74250°W / 37.12083; -76.74250
Area 262.91 acres (106.40 ha)
Built c. 1770 (1770), 1816
Architectural style Postmedieval English, Federal
NRHP Reference # 13000649[1]
VLR # 090-0023
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 27, 2013
Designated VLR June 19, 2013[2]

Walnut Valley is a historic plantation house and archaeological site located near Highgate, Surry County, Virginia. The property includes a plantation house (c. 1770), a frame slave quarter (1816), eight contributing 19th- and 20th-century agricultural and domestic outbuildings and structures, and an archaeological site. The house is a 1 1/2-story, four-bay, double-pile, side-gabled frame house on a brick foundation. It measures 40 feet, 4 inches, by 30 feet, 5 inches and features Federal style decorative elements. The one-story, two-bay frame slave quarter measures 14 feet by 16 feet, and is clad in weatherboard. The contributing outbuildings include a frame kitchen, a late-19th century storehouse and a granary, well house, silo, and three chicken houses. The property was conveyed to the Commonwealth of Virginia for the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation on January 14, 2004.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/23/13 through 8/30/13. National Park Service. 2013-09-06.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. David Lewes (March 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Walnut Valley" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying six photos


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