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Carlbrook

Carlbrook
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Carlbrook is located in Virginia
Carlbrook
Carlbrook is located in the US
Carlbrook
Location VA 663, jct. VA 684, near Halifax, Virginia
Coordinates 36°43′54″N 79°08′18″W / 36.73167°N 79.13833°W / 36.73167; -79.13833Coordinates: 36°43′54″N 79°08′18″W / 36.73167°N 79.13833°W / 36.73167; -79.13833
Area 105 acres (42 ha)
Built 1928 (1928)
Architect Hartsook, Luther P.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 00000556
VLR # 041-5034
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 26, 2000
Designated VLR March 17, 1999

Carlbrook is a historic home and estate located at Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia. It was designed by Richmond architect Luther P. Hartsook and built in 1928-1930. The Carlsbrook house is a 2 1/2-story stone dwelling consisting of a hipped roof, five bay, central block and flanking one bay stone wings. The front facade features a recessed entrance with paired Corinthian order columns and a sandstone arch in the Classical Revival style. Also on the property are the contributing elaborate stone garage, a lake with a stone spillway, stone bridges and garden features, and several smaller outbuildings.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.



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