Sunnyside (Heathsville, Virginia)

Sunnyside
Roadside view of the entrance
Sunnyside (Heathsville, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Sunnyside (Heathsville, Virginia)
Sunnyside (Heathsville, Virginia) is located in the United States
Sunnyside (Heathsville, Virginia)
LocationSouthern side of U.S. Route 360 east of its junction with State Route 201 at Heathsville, Virginia
Coordinates37°54′52″N 76°28′3″W / 37.91444°N 76.46750°W / 37.91444; -76.46750
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Builtc. 1822 (1822)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.96000580[1]
VLR No.066-0055
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 23, 1996
Designated VLROctober 18, 1995[2]

Sunnyside is a historic plantation house located at Heathsville, Northumberland County, Virginia. It was built about 1822, and is a two-story, single-pile, central-passage-plan Federal style brick I-house. It is topped by a gabled standing seam metal roof and has a two-story kitchen addition and a two-story rear addition. The front facade features a one-story, flat-roofed portico featuring paired Doric order columns. Also on the property are the contributing former smokehouse, dairy, guest house (formerly a kitchen), carriage house, corn crib, and barn.[3] It is located in the Heathsville Historic District.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

  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 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Amy R. Cole and Helen Lee Fletcher (June 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sunnyside" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo