Sunnyside (Clarksville, Virginia)

Sunnyside is a historic plantation house located at Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. The house was built in three sections: a one-room, two-story, three-bay frame dwelling with a side passage, built in 1833; a two-story, three bay I-house, begun in 1836 in front of the first dwelling and connected to it by a one-story hyphen; and a two-story, one room, one-bay addition built in 1837. Also on the property are the contributing late-19th century kitchen, an early-to-mid-19th century servant's quarter, an early-to-mid-19th century smokehouse, a mid-19th century shed, an early-20th century chicken house, the site of a 19th-century ice pit, a 19th and early 20th century tenant house / tobacco processing barn, three late 19th or early-20th century log tobacco barns, a 19th-century log tenant house, and the Carrington / Johnson family cemetery.[3]

Sunnyside
Facade and western end
Sunnyside (Clarksville, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Sunnyside (Clarksville, Virginia)
Sunnyside (Clarksville, Virginia) is located in the United States
Sunnyside (Clarksville, Virginia)
Location104 Shiney Rock Rd., Clarksville, Virginia
Coordinates36°36′47″N 78°34′16″W / 36.61306°N 78.57111°W / 36.61306; -78.57111
Area25 acres (10 ha)
Built1833 (1833)-1837
Architectural styleI-house
NRHP reference No.96001452[1]
VLR No.192-0002
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 1996
Designated VLRJune 19, 1996[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Margarita Jerabek Wuellner and Elizabeth Barthold O'Brien (December 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sunnyside" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo