Built 1802 VLR # 024-0030 Opened 1802 Architectural style Federal architecture | NRHP Reference # 88002059 Designated VLR February 16, 1988 Area 4,000 m² Added to NRHP 10 November 1988 | |
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Location State Route 45, 1.4 miles (2.3 km) north of the junction with US 460, near Farmville, Virginia | ||
Needham is a historic home located near Farmville, in Cumberland County, Virginia. It was constructed in 1802, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile, central hall plan frame dwelling. It has a two-story rear ell, with one-story addition built in 1929. It was the home of educator, jurist, and politician Creed Taylor (1766-1836). In 1831 it was the birthplace of Anne Jane Gholson, the mother of novelist Ellen Glasgow.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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