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Eltham Manor

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Built
  
1936 (1936)

NRHP Reference #
  
99000960

Designated VLR
  
December 7, 2005

Area
  
81 ha

Built by
  
Mason, Millard (barn)

VLR #
  
044-5011

Opened
  
1936

Added to NRHP
  
5 August 1999

Eltham Manor

Location
  
405 Riverside Dr., near Bassett, Virginia

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival architecture

Eltham Manor is a historic estate located near Bassett, Henry County, Virginia. It was built in 1936 by William McKinley Bassett, and is a Colonial Revival brick dwelling. It consists of a 2 1/2-story, five bay, central section flanked by two-story wings, connected by cured hyphens to a two-story garage and servant's quarters at the north end and a one-story open-air pavilion at the south end. The front facade features a Doric order portico with smooth two-story columns. Also on the property are a contributing barn (c. 1936) and lake (c. 1936).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

References

Eltham Manor Wikipedia