Judge Henry Wood House 1
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The Judge Henry Wood, Jr. home in Clarksville, Virginia is a two-story brick (Flemish bond) Queen Anne house. Begun between 1820 and 1840, it had two later additions, one in 1872 and the other in the 1880s. These additions, however, are not obvious, testifying to the abilities of the builders (architects) to create a unified structure that appears to have been erected all at one time. Originally an I-house with end chimneys, two wings were subsequently added—the section with outside stairs and the octagonal end. The roof is standing-seam metal and is low-pitched, below which is a wooden cornice and brackets. The one-story front entry porch consists of 3 bays delineated by slender turned posts and ornamental brackets, a spindle frieze, and a balustrade at the roofline of the second-level. The double-leaf front door is of wood with recessed, decorated panels and a transom of 2 segments. Above the porch roof is a pair of 2/2 sash windows. And above the second-floor is a gable, intersecting the main roof, with a triangular brick pattern (vent?) and an ornamented bargeboard. The two-story porch in the left wing mimics the details of the front entry porch, but the decoration is not as involved; here is the outside stairway leading to a small porch on the second level of that wing. Most windows are 2/2 sash and have brick labels which project slightly from the walls. Aside from heating and plumbing matters, there’ve been no major alterations in the structure after the 1880s. A succession of families has owned and occupied the house—Shelton, Andrews, Mahone, Downer and Wood. The Mahone was General William Mahone, a general in the Confederate army who moved his family to Clarksville for the duration of the Civil War; Mahone, though losing political races for governorship of Virginia, was elected in 1881 to the U. S. Senate.
The interior of the structure is described in the NRHP nomination form as is the complicated ownership of the house. It was listed on the National register of Historic Places late in 1999 with ID #99001201. My main source of information has been the nomination form located at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR) website.
www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Mecklenburg/192-0...
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Judge Henry Wood House 1
[This set contains 7 photos] This is a creative commons image, which you may freely use by linking to this page. Please respect the photographer and his work.
The Judge Henry Wood, Jr. home in Clarksville, Virginia is a two-story brick (Flemish bond) Queen Anne house. Begun between 1820 and 1840, it had two later additions, one in 1872 and the other in the 1880s. These additions, however, are not obvious, testifying to the abilities of the builders (architects) to create a unified structure that appears to have been erected all at one time. Originally an I-house with end chimneys, two wings were subsequently added—the section with outside stairs and the octagonal end. The roof is standing-seam metal and is low-pitched, below which is a wooden cornice and brackets. The one-story front entry porch consists of 3 bays delineated by slender turned posts and ornamental brackets, a spindle frieze, and a balustrade at the roofline of the second-level. The double-leaf front door is of wood with recessed, decorated panels and a transom of 2 segments. Above the porch roof is a pair of 2/2 sash windows. And above the second-floor is a gable, intersecting the main roof, with a triangular brick pattern (vent?) and an ornamented bargeboard. The two-story porch in the left wing mimics the details of the front entry porch, but the decoration is not as involved; here is the outside stairway leading to a small porch on the second level of that wing. Most windows are 2/2 sash and have brick labels which project slightly from the walls. Aside from heating and plumbing matters, there’ve been no major alterations in the structure after the 1880s. A succession of families has owned and occupied the house—Shelton, Andrews, Mahone, Downer and Wood. The Mahone was General William Mahone, a general in the Confederate army who moved his family to Clarksville for the duration of the Civil War; Mahone, though losing political races for governorship of Virginia, was elected in 1881 to the U. S. Senate.
The interior of the structure is described in the NRHP nomination form as is the complicated ownership of the house. It was listed on the National register of Historic Places late in 1999 with ID #99001201. My main source of information has been the nomination form located at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR) website.
www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Mecklenburg/192-0...
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.