National Register of Historic Places

Westbourne

Richmond (Independent City), Richmond County, Virginia
Listed
January 27, 2000
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
99001721

About this property

Westbourne, also known as Pinehurst, is a historic home located in Richmond, Virginia. It was designed by architect W. Duncan Lee in 1915, and built in 1919. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, Georgian Revival style brick dwelling consisting of a symmetrical central block flanked by two-story brick wings and covered with a hipped slate roof. It features a tetrastyle Corinthian order portico that occupies the center bays of the north elevation. The property includes extensive gardens designed by noted landscape architect Charles F. Gillette. The house was originally built for Abram L. McClellan a wealthy business man and real estate developer. The house was originally named “Pinehurst” but was renamed “Westbourne” in 1938 by the second owner, Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and biographer and onetime editor of the former Richmond News Leader. Freeman hired Virginia landscape architect, Charles F. Gillette, to design the grounds, however the gardens no longer exist as much of the property has since been subdivided. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

Location

330 Oak Ln.
Richmond (Independent City), Richmond County, Virginia
37.57377, -77.50716

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When was Westbourne listed on the National Register?

Westbourne was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 27, 2000.

What type of historic resource is Westbourne?

Westbourne is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Westbourne?

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

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