Cedar Grove (Providence Forge, Virginia)

Cedar Grove is a historic plantation house located near Providence Forge, New Kent County, Virginia. The main section was built about 1810, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, single pile, brick structure. The frame section was added about 1916. It has a traditional one-room side-hall plan. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse and several sheds added about 1916. It was the farm residence of the Christians, a leading county family of colonial and early-Republican times. The 19th-century cemetery contains the graves of the Christian family, including Letitia Christian Tyler, the first wife of President John Tyler.^[3]

Cedar Grove
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Cedar Grove, HABS Photo
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Location	Southwest of New Kent off VA 608, near Providence Forge, Virginia
Coordinates	37°29′07″N 77°06′57″W
Area	14 acres (5.7 ha)
Built	c. 1810 (1810), c. 1916
NRHP reference No.	79003058[1]
VLR No.	063-0036
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 28, 1979
Designated VLR	October 16, 1979[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (October 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cedar Grove" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos

External links

• Cedar Grove, State Route 609, Providence Forge, New Kent County, VA 4 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey