Built 1856 (1856), 1898 NRHP Reference # 92001028 Designated VLR February 28, 1992 Added to NRHP 24 August 1992 | Architectural style Queen Anne, Federal VLR # 133-0576 Area 5,700 m² | |
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Location 140 King's Hwy., Chuckatuck, Virginia | ||
Godwin-Knight House is a historic home located at Chuckatuck, Virginia. It was built in 1856, in the Federal style, then elaborately remodeled about 1898 in the Queen Anne style. It is a 2 1/2-story, three-bay, double-pile side-hall-plan frame dwelling. hipped roof front porch. It features a wraparound porch and a corner tower with conical roof. Also on the property are the contributing summer kitchen, smokehouse, woodshed / Delco house, two chicken house, a garage, and a barn / stable. It was the boyhood home of Virginia Governor Mills E. Godwin, Jr..
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is located in the Chuckatuck Historic District.
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