George Earman House

  • Also Known As: Earman House also Earman-Logan House

  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

The George Earman House is an outstanding example of the creative carving, joinery, and painting that characterized farmhouses in the Valley of Virginia in the early 19th century. Hidden within an exceptionally plain, circa 1822 brick T house, this rich decoration reveals the persistence of the German influence after the traditional continental house forms had been abandoned for the popular Georgian models. The Earman House woodwork illustrates a blend of Federal designs with the German propensity towards flamboyant decoration. The local carpenter freely interpreted these pattern book motifs, carving them into more robust German manner and integrating them with more traditional local designs to create very personal compositions. The opulent, brightly colored marbleizing and graining that finishes the elaborate parlor woodwork was popular in the central Valley, but few examples of such complexity survive. Particularly distinctive about this painting are the sponge-work designs on the door and wainscot panels and the use of Bright colors to pick out details in the carved designs. - NRHP Registration, 8 July 1982


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1822/00/00
1878/00/00

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Particulars for George Earman House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Sight Category Building
House type I-house
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: 82004594
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed, Other
Attribute: I-house
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Art, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1800-1824
Significant Year: c 1822, c 1878
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

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