File:Meriwether House, Keswick, Albemarle County, VA HABS VA,2-KESW,2- (sheet 2 of 9).tif

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HABS VA,2-KESW,2- (sheet 2 of 9) - Meriwether House, Keswick, Albemarle County, VA
Title
HABS VA,2-KESW,2- (sheet 2 of 9) - Meriwether House, Keswick, Albemarle County, VA
Description
Nelson, Francis Kinloch; Meriwether, Margaret Douglas; Lay, K Edward, faculty sponsor; University of Virginia School of Architecture, sponsor; Dreller, Sarah M, delineator; Robertson, Fiona L, delineator; Teall, Martha, delineator
Depicted place Virginia; Albemarle County; Keswick
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS VA,2-KESW,2- (sheet 2 of 9)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • 1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
  • Significance: Cloverfields, one of the oldest farms located along the Southwest Mountain range, has been within the Meriwether family since 1730 when Nicholas Meriwether II received 18,000 acres in a land grant from King George II. The Greek Revival "Big House" was built between 1847-1848 to replace the first house dating from 1760. The two-story frame residence was constructed by Francis Kinloch Nelson, second husband of Margaret Douglas Meriwether, whose father corresponded with Thomas Jefferson on horticultural matters. Nelson managed 745 acres and continued improvements on the farm, the house and its dependencies. The support buildings were integral to the extensive farming operations which yielded crops of wheat, corn and tobacco, among others. Directly to the rear of the house is the nine-square vegetable and flower garden and the family cemetery. This layout is reminiscent of Palladian landscapes with their concern for topography and allowed for an unobstructed view of the distant mountains. Still in operation by the Meriwether family, Cloverfields exemplifies a tradition of Virginia farm life of over two centuries.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N732
  • Survey number: HABS VA-1358
  • Building/structure dates: 1847-1848 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va1821.sheet.00002a
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Object location38° 02′ 50.93″ N, 78° 20′ 21.8″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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