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Redlands (Covesville, Virginia)

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Built
  
c. 1798 (1798)-1808

VLR #
  
002-0067

Area
  
4.856 kmĀ²

NRHP Reference #
  
69000218

Designated VLR
  
September 9, 1969

Added to NRHP
  
12 November 1969

Redlands (Covesville, Virginia)

Location
  
Junction of VA 708 and VA 627, near Covesville, Virginia

Architectural styles
  
Georgian architecture, Federal architecture

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Redlands is a historic home located near Covesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built between about 1798 and 1808, and is a rectangular two-story, five bay, brick structure covered by a hipped roof in the Federal style. It features a Tuscan order front porch. Its interior is notable for its fine Adamesque woodwork. The master builder of the house was Martin Thacker, of neighboring Cedar Grove. It was built for Robert Carter, grandson of John Carter, around the time of his marriage to Mary Eliza Coles of neighboring Enniscorthy.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

References

Redlands (Covesville, Virginia) Wikipedia