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Longwood (Earlysville, Virginia)

Coordinates: 38°10′55″N 78°29′54″W / 38.18194°N 78.49833°W / 38.18194; -78.49833
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Longwood
Roadside view of the barn
Longwood (Earlysville, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Longwood (Earlysville, Virginia)
Longwood (Earlysville, Virginia) is located in the United States
Longwood (Earlysville, Virginia)
LocationNorth side of VA 665 at the junction with VA 663 and VA 664, near Earlysville, Virginia
Coordinates38°10′55″N 78°29′54″W / 38.18194°N 78.49833°W / 38.18194; -78.49833
Area183 acres (74 ha)
Builtc. 1790 (1790), 1810-1820, c. 1940
Architectural styleFederal, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.96001074[1]
VLR No.002-0380
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 18, 1996
Designated VLRJune 19, 1996[2]

Longwood is a historic home and farm located near Earlysville, Albemarle County, Virginia. The house was built about 1790, with additions between 1810 and 1820, and about 1940. It is a two-story, five-bay frame building with a two-story store/post office addition and a small one-story, two-bay, gable-roofed frame wing. It has Federal and Colonial Revival design elements. Also on the property are a contributing frame barn (c. 1890), a frame schoolhouse for African American students [c. 1900), a late-19th-century stone well, and the 19th-century cemetery of the Michie family.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[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. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Geoffrey B. Henry (February 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Longwood" (PDF). and Accompanying two photos