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Eltham Manor

  • Also Known As: VDHR File No. 044-5011
  • Address: 405 Riverside Dr
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Eltham Manor is a grand Georgian Revival residence built in 1936 near the town of Bassett in the Blue Ridge foothills of Henry County, Virginia. The home was designed by Winston-Salem, North Carolina architect William Roy Wallace for furniture company executive William McKinley Bassett, the son of pioneering Henry County furniture manufacturer John David Bassett Sr. Commensurate with Bassett's prominence is his 12000-square-foot home, set amid sweeping landscaped grounds overlooking the Smith River. With its porticoed river front, arcaded hyphens linking to dependencies and lavish interior appointments, Eltham Manor represents a tour de force of Georgian Revival design. - NRHP


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1936/00/00 William McKinley Bassett Significant name Bassett home
1936/00/00 Barn built by Millard Mason
1936/00/00 William Roy Wallace Architect Eltham Manor house built

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Particulars for Eltham Manor:
Architectural Style American Colonial Revival
Historic Use Animal facility
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Industry
Historic Use Outdoor recreation
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 5th August 1999

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Eltham Manor
Registry Address: 405 Riverside Dr.
Registry Number: 99000960
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Wallace, William Roy; Mason, Millard
Architectural Style: Colonial revival
Area in Acres: 200
Contributing Buildings: 2
Contributing Sites: 1
Non-Contributing Sites: 1
Non-Contributing Structures: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Architecture, Industry
Applicable Criteria: Person, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1936
Associated People: Bassett, William McKinley
Historic Function: Domestic, Agriculture, subsistence, Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Animal facility, Outdoor recreation
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Domestic, Agriculture, subsistence
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Animal facility Outdoor recreation

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