Built by Rose, Col. Hugh VLR # 005-0007 Area 5 ha Added to NRHP 24 February 1983 | NRHP Reference # 83003257 Designated VLR October 19, 1982 Architectural style American Colonial | |
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Location SR 700, near Clifford, Virginia | ||
Geddes is a historic home located near Clifford, Amherst County, Virginia. It was built in several stages between about 1762 and the mid-19th century. It is a 1 1/2-story, Colonial era frame house of post and beam construction with a hipped roof. It is referred to as the oldest house in Amherst County by area residents. Its builder, Hugh Rose, is best remembered as the friend of Thomas Jefferson who looked after Jefferson's family at Geddes during the British raid on Charlotteville in 1781.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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