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Reid White Philbin House

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Built
  
1821 (1821), 1847

VLR #
  
117-0014

Area
  
1 ha

Added to NRHP
  
2 August 2000

NRHP Reference #
  
00000889

Designated VLR
  
June 14, 2000

Architectural style
  
Federal architecture

Reid-White-Philbin House

Location
  
208 W. Nelson St., Lexington, Virginia

Built by
  
Reid, Samuel McDowell; Sewell, Edward

Similar
  
Blue Ridge Mountains, Stonewall Jackson House, Alumni Memorial Field, Washington and Lee University

Reid-White-Philbin House, also known as Evergreen House, is a historic home located at Lexington, Virginia. It was built in 1821, and is a two-story, Federal style brick dwelling. It features an early entry porch supported by Ionic order columns A two-story brick addition was made to the left-hand gable end in 1847. The addition has a two-tier front portico and a post-bellum conservatory with bay window. Attached to the rear is a 1 1/2-story stone kitchen wing dated to the second half of the 18th century. Also on the property is a contributing early- to mid-19th century dependency. It was built for locally prominent businessman, educator, and politician Samuel McDowell Reid.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is located in the Lexington Historic District.

References

Reid-White-Philbin House Wikipedia