120 Church St

From the National Register nomination

House built in two stages, and will be treated separately as Main House and South Wing. MAIN HOUSE: Brick (Flemish bond); 2 stories; gable roof with gable facing front; 5 bays; 2-story pedimented portico with Tuscan columns across front, Jeffersonian Neo-Classical. Elaborate frontispiece entrance in central bay has a paneled door flanked by fluted pilasters supporting a swan's-neck pediment. Small round vent, two 6/6 light windows and dentils in the tympanum of main pediment, Swan's-neck frontispiece entrance on north side elevation, 9/9 lights. 2 exterior chimneys, Interior features elaborate Georgian-style woodwork and mantels, SOUTH WING: Brick (common bond); 2 stories with raised basement; hip roof; 4 bays; 1-story porch across front with brick piers at basement level and criss-cross wooden supports at main level, balustrade with V-motif railing, Vernacular. 1844, This wing was added by Judge Stuart's son Alexander H. H. Stuart. GROUNDS: Large landscaped lot of The Stuart House also includes a smoke-house (frame with hip roof) and magnificent gates with Chinese Chippendale detailing. Entire Stuart House complex (including #118) is listed in Historic American Buildings Survey, National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Historic Landmarks Register. (See National Register nomination for further details. )