Locust Grove Kitchen, 810 Locust Avenue, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia
Summary
Significance: Locust Grove Kitchen is part of the service buildings complex located behind a pre-1844 late Georgian Style residence. The house was built between 1841 and 1844 by George Sinclair, the owner of Sinclairs' Gristmill, and partner in Lobban & Sinclair, dealers in hardware. The estate maintained a barn, smokehouse, icehouse, and a kitchen. During General Sheridan's raid on Charlottesville in March of 1865, a regiment was encamped at Locust Grove.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-256
Survey number: HABS VA-1022
Building/structure dates: ca. 1844 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Sinclair, George
Location
Charlottesville (Va.), 38.02931, -78.47668
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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