Mason House | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Virginia Landmarks Register | |
Mason House in 1960 | |
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Location | VA 615, Guilford, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°50′1″N 75°39′14″W / 37.83361°N 75.65389°W / 37.83361; -75.65389 |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c. 1722 (1722) |
Built by | Andrews, William |
Architectural style | Colonial, Jacobean-Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 74002100 |
VLR No. | 001-0029 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 21, 1974 |
Designated VLR | September 17, 1974 |
Mason House, also known as the Hinman-Mason House, is an historic dwelling located at Guilford in Accomack County, Virginia. Trees were cut for its construction in the winter of 1729/30 and construction likely started soon thereafter.
The house is an early example of one laid out with a center passage.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (July 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mason House" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- Report by Herman J. Heikkenen, Architectural Research Files, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. See also Cary Carson and Carl R. Lounsbury, The Chesapeake House: Architectural Investigation by Colonial Williamsburg, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013
- See report in files, Department of Architectural Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
External links
- Hinman-Mason House, Guilford, Accomack County, VA: 23 photos, 5 measured drawings, and 4 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Georgian architecture in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1722
- National Register of Historic Places in Accomack County, Virginia
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- Houses in Accomack County, Virginia
- 1722 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies