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Pleasant Grove (Palmyra, Virginia)

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Built
  
1854 (1854)

VLR #
  
032-0079

Opened
  
1854

Added to NRHP
  
12 August 2004

NRHP Reference #
  
04000843

Designated VLR
  
June 16, 2004

Area
  
2 ha

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Location
  
Thomas Jefferson Pkwy, Virginia 53, near Palmyra, Virginia

Architectural style
  
Mid 19th Century Revival

Similar
  
Pleasant Grove Dog Park, Fluvanna County Historical, Ash Lawn–Highland, Monticello

Pleasant Grove, also known as Laura Ann Farm and Oakworld, is a historic home located near Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia. It was built in 1854, and is a two-story, five bay, brick dwelling with a low hipped roof. The house has a 1 1/2-story, shed roofed, frame lean-to addition. It features a four bay pedimented front porch, a mousetooth cornice, architrave moldings, and a delicate stair with paneled spandrel. Also on the property are the contributing outdoor kitchen, smokehouse, and Haden family cemetery. Fluvanna County acquired the property in December 1994.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

References

Pleasant Grove (Palmyra, Virginia) Wikipedia