Sunnyside (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Sunnyside, also known as the Duke House, is a historic home located at Charlottesville, Virginia. The original section was built about 1800, as a 1 1/2-story, two room log dwelling. It was expanded and remodeled in 1858, as a Gothic Revival style dwelling after Washington Irving's Gothic Revival home, also called Sunnyside. The house features scroll-sawn bargeboards, arched windows and doors, and a fieldstone chimney with stepped weatherings and capped corbelled stacks topped with two octagonal chimney pots.[3] The plantation mansion was built by Francis Edward Duke (November 29, 1783 in Berkeley, Virginia - November 8, 1836 in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia) who was Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1812 to 1816 and the Military Governor of Harpers Ferry from 1831 to 1836. His son, Richard Thomas Walker Duke who served as a congressman from Virginia resided on the plantation until his death.
Sunnyside | |
 Front, seen through trees | |
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| Location | 2150 Barracks Rd., Charlottesville, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°3′21″N 78°30′14″W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | c. 1800, 1858 |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 03001086[1] |
| VLR No. | 104-0006 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 23, 2003 |
| Designated VLR | June 18, 2003[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- Gwendolyn K. White (March 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sunnyside" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying three photos
