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HABS VA,2-CHAR.V,5A- (sheet 8 of 8) - Blenheim Library, State Route 727, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA
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HABS VA,2-CHAR.V,5A- (sheet 8 of 8) - Blenheim Library, State Route 727, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA
Description
Stevenson, Andrew; Carter, Edward Hill
Depicted place Virginia; Charlottesville; Charlottesville
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 19 x 24 in. (B size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS VA,2-CHAR.V,5A- (sheet 8 of 8)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The Blenheim library is a small, elegant example of the combined Greek and Gothic Revival styles and is one of several architecturally distinguished buildings of the Blenheim plantation complex. The plantation is notable for its association with the Carters, an important landholding family in colonial Virginia who were the original patentees of the Blenheim tract. / The Blenheim Library is one of a number of architecturally significant outbuildings associated with the Blenheim Plantation complex. Sitting on a knoll near the site of the original eighteenth century Carter House, the Blenheim Library is located in an area distinguished by the presence of several nineteenth century estates. Andrew Stevenson, a mid-nineteenth century member of Congress and diplomat, built the library circa 1850 to house his large collection of books. Utilized also as a ballroom, the library is an example of the combined Greek and Gothic Revival styles.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-228, FN-229, FN-270
  • Survey number: HABS VA-1004
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va0038.sheet.00008a
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