National Register of Historic Places

Woodside

Buckingham, Buckingham County, Virginia
Listed
November 16, 1993
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
93000040

About this property

Woodside is a historic plantation house located at Buckingham, Buckingham County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1860, and is a two-story, five-bay, T-shaped frame dwelling in the Greek Revival style. It consists of a projecting three-bay, pedimented pavilion with flanking one-bay, hip-roofed wings. It has a hipped roof and is sheathed in weatherboard siding. In 1937 a kitchen wing was added to the rear elevation of the dwelling. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse (c. 1860), a covered well and the sites of an icehouse, kitchen, dairy, and corncrib. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

Location

Buckingham, Buckingham County, Virginia
37.54908, -78.54901

Categories

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Sources

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

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Nearby Historic Sites

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Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute Historic District
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Nearby Battles

New Store / Appomattox Campaign (Apr 8)
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When was Woodside listed on the National Register?

Woodside was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1993.

What type of historic resource is Woodside?

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

What is the period of significance for Woodside?

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

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