Evelynton

Evelynton
Evelynton, January 2013
Evelynton is located in Virginia
Evelynton
Evelynton is located in the United States
Evelynton
LocationVA 5 E of VA 609, Charles City, Virginia
Coordinates37°19′48″N 77°09′16″W / 37.33000°N 77.15444°W / 37.33000; -77.15444
Area48 acres (19 ha)
Built1937 (1937)
ArchitectLee, W. Duncan
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.89000486[1]
VLR No.018-0064
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 17, 1989
Designated VLRJune 21, 1988[2]

Evelynton is a historic home near Charles City, Charles City County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It was built in 1937, and is a two-story, seven-bay, brick dwelling in the Colonial Revival style. It has a gable roof with dormers, and flanking dependencies connected to the main house by hyphens. Also on the property is a contributing frame servants' quarters. It was designed and built under the supervision of the prominent architect W. Duncan Lee (1884–1952).[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[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. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ -Nancy Carter Crump (August 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Evelynton" (PDF). and Accompanying photo