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Kent–Valentine House

Coordinates: 37°32′38″N 77°26′34″W / 37.54376°N 77.44273°W / 37.54376; -77.44273
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Kent–Valentine House
Kent–Valentine House is located in Virginia
Kent–Valentine House
Kent–Valentine House is located in the United States
Kent–Valentine House
Location12 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates37°32′38″N 77°26′34″W / 37.54376°N 77.44273°W / 37.54376; -77.44273
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1845, 1904
ArchitectRogers, Isaiah
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.70000882[1]
VLR No.127-0112
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 18, 1970
Designated VLROctober 6, 1970[2]

The Kent–Valentine House is a historic home in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1845 from plans by Isaiah Rogers of Boston. It is a three-story, five-bay, stuccoed brick mansion with a two-story wing at the rear of the west side. It features a two-story, three-bay portico with Roman Ionic columns and balustrade. In 1904, the house was enlarged to its present five bay width and the interior redesigned in the Colonial Revival style.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1]

The house is the headquarters of the Historic Garden Week project of the Garden Club of Virginia, which is the nation's only statewide house and garden tour that runs for a week each April across the state of Virginia. In its 84th year, the tour is of Virginia's most historic houses, as well as a sampling of other notable private residences. It is run from offices at the Kent–Valentine House on Franklin Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (August 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Kent–Valentine House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
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