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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
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.

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Particulars for Edgehill:
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



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 82004537
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Phillips,William B.; Crawford,Malcolm F.
Architectural Style: Early republic, Other
Attribute: Jeffersonian
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Education, Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1750-1799, 1825-1849
Significant Year: c 1799, 1828, 1916
Associated People: Randolph,Thomas Jefferson
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Secondary structure
Current Function: Domestic, Agriculture, subsistence
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Secondary structure Animal facility

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