Waverly_(Middleburg,_Virginia)

Waverly (Middleburg, Virginia)

Waverly (Middleburg, Virginia)

Historic house in Virginia, United States

Waverly, also known as Waverley, is a historic house located near Middleburg, Fauquier County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1790, and later enlarged about 1830, and enlarged and remodeled in the 1850s. It is a single-pile, center-hall, two-story dwelling, a typical example of an I-house. It has a long, two-story rear ell and has Gothic Revival style decorative detailing. The front facade features a full-width two-story portico with six square piers supporting a flat roof with a plain wooden parapet. The house was renovated after 1940 by architect David Adler.[3]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

Peyton House, built during 1831–34 in Raymond, Mississippi, appears to have been modeled upon Waverly.[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. [3]
    Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (August 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Waverly" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. [4]
    William C. Wright (June 20, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Peyton House / Waverly". National Park Service. Retrieved October 18, 2016. with two photos from 1972
  5. [5]
    "PHOTOGRAPHS WRITTEN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-11-07.


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