Esmont

Historic house in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Esmont
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

Front of the estate house
37°50′33″N 78°36′23″W / 37.84250°N 78.60639°W / 37.84250; -78.60639
Area	53 acres (21 ha)
Built	1818 (1818)
Built by	Floyd Johnson
Architectural style	Early Republic, Jeffersonian
NRHP reference No.	80004163^[1]
VLR No.	002-0030
Added to NRHP	May 6, 1980
Designated VLR	May 17, 1977^[2]

Esmont is a historic home located near Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia. The house was built about 1818, and is a two-story, three-bay, square structure in the Jeffersonian style. It has a double pile, central passage plan. It is topped by a low hipped roof, surmounted by internal chimneys, further emphasized by the use of a balustrade with alternating solid and Chinese lattice panels. The front facade features a full-length tetrastyle porch with Doric order columns and entablature. Also on the property are a contributing brick kitchen with a low hipped roof, office, a dairy and a smokehouse. The house was built for Dr. Charles Cocke, a nephew of James Powell Cocke who built the Edgemont.^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (May 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Esmont" (PDF). and Accompanying photo