SW of jct. of Rtes. 640 and U.S. 17, Loretto, Virginia. County/parish: Essex.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 15, 1970. NRIS 70000790.
1 contributing building.
Elmwood is a historic plantation house located near Loretto, Essex County, Virginia. It was built in 1774, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling with a hipped roof and shallow central projecting pavilion in the Georgian style. It features a Palladian window and a one-story porch extending the length of the facade. The house was remodeled in 1852, much of which was later removed. It was the birthplace and home of Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett, and was the home and burial place of his grandfather James M. Garnett.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680453