Spence's Point
- Also Known As: John R. Dos Passos Farm
- Address: VA 749
- Vicinity: On Sandy Point Neck
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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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. |
Particulars for Spence's Point: | |
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Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
Area of Significance | Literature |
Level of Significance | National |
Criteria | Person |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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