Edgemont (Covesville, Virginia)

Edgemont, also known as Cocke Farm, is a historic home located near Covesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built about 1796, and is a one- to two-story, three-bay, frame structure in the Jeffersonian style. It measures 50 feet by 50 feet, and sits on a stuccoed stone exposed basement. The house is topped by a hipped roof surmounted by four slender chimneys. The entrances feature pedimented Tuscan order portico that consists of Tuscan columns supporting a full entablature. Also on the property is a rubble stone garden outbuilding with a hipped roof. The house was restored in 1948 by Charlottesville architect Milton Grigg (1905–1982).[3] Its design closely resembles Folly near Staunton, Virginia.[4]

Edgemont
Edgemont, Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, 1935
Edgemont (Covesville, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Edgemont (Covesville, Virginia)
Edgemont (Covesville, Virginia) is located in the United States
Edgemont (Covesville, Virginia)
LocationJunction of VA 708 and VA 627, near Covesville, Virginia
Coordinates37°54′16″N 78°36′55″W / 37.90444°N 78.61528°W / 37.90444; -78.61528
Area30 acres (12 ha)
Builtc. 1796 (1796)
ArchitectJefferson, Thomas; Grigg, Milton
Architectural styleEarly Republic, Jeffersonian
NRHP reference No.80004162[1]
VLR No.002-0087
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 28, 1980
Designated VLRSeptember 16, 1980[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (September 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Edgemont" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
  4. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (August 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Folly" (PDF).
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