National Register of Historic Places

Creasy, Thomas Claiborne, House

Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Listed
February 17, 2015
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
15000018

About this property

The Thomas Claiborne Creasy House is a historic house at 415 South Main Street in Gretna, Virginia. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, built in 1840 with later additions that substantially complemented the original construction. The original main block is Italianate in style, with Colonial Revival addition made in the 1880s and a Craftsman addition in 1923. A Colonial Revival porch wraps around much of the structure, unifying the parts. The house stands on a large landscaped parcel that includes several surviving farm outbuildings and the family cemetery of the Creasys. Thomas Creasy, who bought the 1840 house and substantially enlarged it, was one of Gretna's wealthiest businessmen of the post-Reconstruction era. The property is now used as a function and event facility. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

Location

415 S. Main St.
Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Categories

ARCHITECTURECOMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTCOMMERCE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Creasy, Thomas Claiborne, House listed on the National Register?

Creasy, Thomas Claiborne, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 17, 2015.

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Creasy, Thomas Claiborne, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Creasy, Thomas Claiborne, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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