Edgehill
- Address: Edgehill Dr
- Vicinity: N of Shadwell on VA 22
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1735/00/00 | William Randolph of Tuckahoe | Owner | William Randolph of Tuckahoe is granted 2400 acres from King George II. | |||
1745/00/00 | Thomas Mann Randolph Sr | Owner | Thomas Mann Randolph Sr inherits Edge Hill from his father, William Randolph. | |||
1790/00/00 | Thomas Mann Randolph Sr | Father of the Groom | Thomas Mann Randolph Sr presents Edge Hill and Varina plantations to his son Thomas M Randolph and Martha Jefferson as wedding gifts. | Marriage of Martha Washington Jefferson and Thomas Mann Randolph | ||
1799/00/00 | Martha Jefferson Randolph | Home | A one-story, wood-frame dwelling is built for Patsy and Thomas M Randolph, but the couple live mostly at Monticello. | |||
1799/07/00 | Thomas Mann Randolph Jr | Home | The Randolphs came to prefer the cooler mountain air of Edge Hill at Albemarle County. | |||
1828/00/00 | Malcolm F Crawford | Architect, Master Carpenter | Malcolm F Crawford builds the current two-story, brick main house at Edge Hill in the style of Monticello. | |||
1828/00/00 | William B Phillips | Architect, Master mason | William B Phillips constructs the masonry for the current two-story, brick main house in the style of the Monticello estate. | |||
1829/00/00 | Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph opens a private academy in the wood-frame structure. The school will operate until about 1850. | |||||
1862/01/02 | Thomas Jefferson Randolph | Owner | Thomas Jefferson Randolph, one of Randolph Jr's sons, acquires his debt-ridden father's estate (house, land and slaves) at an auction. | |||
1867/00/00 | The original wood-frame dwelling houses an academy for young ladies from 1867 until 1900. | |||||
1916/00/00 | After a fire destroys the interior, the current brick main house at Edge Hill is rebuilt. |
Particulars for Edgehill: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Early republic |
Area of Significance | Education |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Architectural Style | Jeffersonian Classicism |
Criteria | Person |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Secondary structure |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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