Kendall_Grove_(Eastville,_Virginia)

Kendall Grove (Eastville, Virginia)

Kendall Grove (Eastville, Virginia)

Historic house in Virginia, United States

Kendall Grove is a historic plantation house located near Eastville, Virginia, United States. It was built about 1813, and is a two-story, Federal style wood-frame house with two-story projecting pavilions on the front and the rear and smaller two-story wings on each end added about 1840. It is cross-shaped in plan. The main house is joined by a long passage to a wood-frame kitchen-laundry. The house was improved about 1840, with the addition of Greek Revival style interior details. It was the home of Congressman and General Severn E. Parker.[3] The home has the name of Colonel William Kendall, the original owner of the site.[4]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. [3]
    Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (October 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Kendall Grove" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. [4]
    Federal Writers' Project (1938). The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. American guide series. Works Progress Administration. p. 77.


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