Duke House

2729 Diggstown Rd., Bumpass, Virginia. County/parish: Louisa.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 16, 2007. NRIS 07000830.

2 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • Little River Farm
  • VDHR No. 054-5018

From Wikipedia:

Duke House

Duke House, also known as Little River Farm, is a historic home located at Bumpass, Louisa County, Virginia. It was built about 1790, and is a 1+12-story, frame dwelling sheathed with beaded weatherboards with an asymmetrical façade and double-shouldered exterior-end brick chimneys. It has a traditional single-pile, central-passage plan. A wing was added to the west end of the house during the first quarter of the 20th century. Also on the property are a contributing frame dependency and family cemetery.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

(read more...)

National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681683

LC