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Spence's Point
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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1806/00/00 A brick farmhouse is built for Alexander Spence. Laid in common bond, the three bays wide, side-hall plan dwelling features two flush chimneys, a corbeled brick cornice and views of the Potomac.
1885/00/00 Washington attorney, John Randolph Dos Passos buys a large tract land on the Potomac River that includes Spence's Point and Sandy Point.
1910/07/00 John Dos Passos Home John Dos Passos spends summers at the family country home in Sandy Point (c VA Rts 604 and 610). The two-story frame residence dates from the late 19C. Both the Passos' farm and the boyhood place are part of the same tract of land bought by his father.
1942/00/00 A wing is added to the Spencer Point farmhouse by Dos Passos in the 1940's. It is finished with handsome pine paneling that was executed at Williamsburg.
1949/00/00 John Dos Passos Home John Dos Passos begins living on his Potomac River farm for a portion of every year.

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Particulars for Spence's Point:
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Georgian Architecture
Area of Significance Literature
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 71000991
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Georgian
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Literature
Applicable Criteria: Person
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Period of Significance: 1950-1974, 1925-1949
Significant Year: c 1942, 1970
Associated People: Dos Passos,John R.
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

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