National Register of Historic Places

Cove, The

Harrisburg, Halifax County, Virginia
Listed
May 10, 2006
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
06000407

About this property

The Cove is a historic plantation house located near Harrisburg, in Halifax County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1773, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, vernacular frame dwelling with a gable roof and flanking stone chimneys. Also on the property are the contributing two secondary dwellings, a hay barn, and two log tobacco barns (one of which has been converted to a dwelling); and sites including the ruins of four log barns, three chimneys, an ice house, a frame barn, a frame shed, a log house, and what are believed to be at least two slave quarters and an archeological site. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

Location

5059 Cove Rd.
Harrisburg, Halifax County, Virginia
36.99228, -78.74864

Categories

AGRICULTUREARCHITECTUREPREHISTORICHISTORIC - ABORIGINAL
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Sources

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When was Cove, The listed on the National Register?

Cove, The was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 10, 2006.

What type of historic resource is Cove, The?

Cove, The is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Cove, The is recorded as the industrial era.

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