Roaring Springs, State Route 616 vicinity, Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia

Significance: It is a distinctive example of Tidewater Virginia vernacular architecture evolved to its present form through remodeling by various owners. Its western end began as a 1-room, with side passage, pre-revolutionary cottage, possibly an overseer's house, on Church Hill, a Throckmorton family plantation. In 1794, it was sold to Francis Thornton who enlarged the house to its present form prior to 1802. Notable features of the enlargement are the stair with its beaded, diagonally set baluster, and the parlor fireplace wall with its fine paneling and arched openings...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-312

Survey number: HABS VA-983

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1933 - 1970

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