Mason House (Guilford, Virginia)

Mason House
Mason House in 1960
Mason House (Guilford, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Mason House (Guilford, Virginia)
Mason House (Guilford, Virginia) is located in the United States
Mason House (Guilford, Virginia)
LocationVA 615, Guilford, Virginia
Coordinates37°50′1″N 75°39′14″W / 37.83361°N 75.65389°W / 37.83361; -75.65389
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1722 (1722)
Built byAndrews, William
Architectural styleColonial, Jacobean-Georgian
NRHP reference No.74002100[1]
VLR No.001-0029
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 21, 1974
Designated VLRSeptember 17, 1974[2]

Mason House, also known as the Hinman-Mason House, is an historic dwelling located at Guilford in Accomack County, Virginia.[3] Trees were cut for its construction in the winter of 1729/30 and construction likely started soon thereafter.[4]

The house is an early example of one laid out with a center passage.[5]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[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 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (July 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mason House" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. ^ Report by Herman J. Heikkenen, Architectural Research Files, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. See also Cary Carson and Carl R. Lounsbury, The Chesapeake House: Architectural Investigation by Colonial Williamsburg, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013
  5. ^ See report in files, Department of Architectural Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.