Stuart House (Staunton, Virginia)

Stuart House is a historic home located at Staunton, Virginia. The original portion of the house was built in 1791, and is a story, temple-form brick structure fronted by a two-level pedimented portico supported by four very simple and provincial Tuscan order-like columns. The house measures 35 feet square, and is five bays wide and three bays deep. The house has a large 2 1/2-story brick wing added in 1844. The wing is fronted by a gallery ornamented with lattice-work and supported on brick piers. Also on the property is a gambrel roof frame building, erected sometime after 1783 as Archibald Stuart's residence and law office, and a pyramidal roof smokehouse. According to family tradition, Stuart received plans or suggestions for the house's design from his close friend, Thomas Jefferson. Archibald Stuart died in 1832 and the house was inherited by his son, Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (1807-1891).[3]

Stuart House
Stuart-Robertson House, HABS Photo
Location120 Church St., Staunton, Virginia
Coordinates38°8′50″N 79°4′33″W
Area9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1783 (1783), 1791, 1844
Built byStuart, Archibald
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.72001531[1]
VLR No.132-0006
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 5, 1972
Designated VLRJanuary 18, 1972[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1] It is located in the Newtown Historic District.

References
  1. "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 19 March 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (January 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Stuart House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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