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Longwood (Earlysville, Virginia)

Longwood
Longwood barn and driveway.jpg
Roadside view of the barn
Longwood (Earlysville, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Longwood (Earlysville, Virginia)
Longwood (Earlysville, Virginia) is located in the US
Longwood (Earlysville, Virginia)
Location North side of VA 665 at the junction with VA 663 and VA 664, near Earlysville, Virginia
Coordinates 38°10′55″N 78°29′54″W / 38.18194°N 78.49833°W / 38.18194; -78.49833Coordinates: 38°10′55″N 78°29′54″W / 38.18194°N 78.49833°W / 38.18194; -78.49833
Area 183 acres (74 ha)
Built c. 1790 (1790), 1810-1820, c. 1940
Architect unknown
Architectural style Federal, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference # 96001074
VLR # 002-0380
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 18, 1996
Designated VLR June 19, 1996

Longwood is a historic home and farm located near Earlysville, Albemarle County, Virginia. The house was built about 1790, with additions between 1810 and 1820, and about 1940. It is a two-story, five-bay frame building with a two-story store/post office addition and a small one-story, two bay, gable-roofed frame wing. It has Federal and Colonial Revival design elements. Also on the property are a contributing frame barn (c. 1890), a frame schoolhouse for African American students [c. 1900), a late-19th-century stone well, and the 19th-century cemetery of the Michie family.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.


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