Sunnyside (Newsoms, Virginia)
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| Location | VA 673, near Newsoms, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°38′40″N 77°08′34″W / 36.64444°N 77.14278°WCoordinates: 36°38′40″N 77°08′34″W / 36.64444°N 77.14278°W |
| Area | 42 acres (17 ha) |
| Built | c. 1815, 1847, 1870 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate |
| NRHP Reference # | 82004596 |
| VLR # | 087-0098 |
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| Added to NRHP | July 8, 1982 |
| Designated VLR | October 21, 1981 |
Sunnyside is a historic plantation house and complex located near Newsoms, Southampton County, Virginia. The house was built in three stages dating to about 1815, 1847, and 1870. It is a two-story, "T"-shaped frame dwelling. The main section was built in 1870, and has Greek Revival and Italianate design elements. The front facade features an imposing, two-story, pedimented portico sheltering the main entrance. Also on the property are 13 contributing outbuildings a schoolhouse, school master's house, dairy, milk house, tenant's house, privy, pump house, sheds, peanut barn, a tall smokehouse, kitchen-laundry, and a garage.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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