Carrsbrook | |
Location | VA 1424, near Charlottesville, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°5′36″N 78°27′19″W / 38.09333°N 78.45528°W |
Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
Built | c. 1785 |
Architectural style | Colonial, Palladian |
NRHP reference No. | 82004532[1] |
VLR No. | 002-0011 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 8, 1982 |
Designated VLR | July 21, 1981[2] |
Carrsbrook is a historic home and farm complex located near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1785, and is a five-part Palladian style dwelling. It has a central, projecting 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay-wide section flanked by 1+1⁄2-story, single-bay wings connected by hyphens. The front facade features a single-story dwarf portico, supported by Doric order columns. From 1798 to 1815 the house served as the residence and school of Thomas Jefferson's ward and nephew, Peter Carr.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]