The Cove (Harrisburg, Virginia)

The Cove
Entrance to the property
Location5059 Cove Rd., near Harrisburg, Virginia
Coordinates36°58′58″N 78°44′51″W / 36.98278°N 78.74750°W / 36.98278; -78.74750
Area1,123 acres (454 ha)
Built1773 (1773)
NRHP reference No.06000407[1]
VLR No.041-5086
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 11, 2006
Designated VLRAugust 21, 1991[2]

The Cove is a historic plantation house located near Harrisburg, in Halifax County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1773, and is a 1+12-story, vernacular frame dwelling with a gable roof and flanking stone chimneys. Also on the property are the contributing two secondary dwellings, a hay barn, and two log tobacco barns (one of which has been converted to a dwelling); and sites including the ruins of four log barns, three chimneys, an ice house, a frame barn, a frame shed, a log house, and what are believed to be at least two slave quarters and an archeological site.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

  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 June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Kimberly M. Chen (March 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: The Cove" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos