305 E Beverley St

Peyton House, 1912

BrickContributes to the historic character of the district

Did you know?Hayes Memorial Industrial School and Orphan’s Home

1912

18001850190019502000

From the National Register nomination

brick; 2 1/2 stories; gable roof with 4 "Federal" dormers; 5 bays. Colonial Revival. Entrance in central bay with unusual frontispiece including tracery in fanlight, flanked by fluted semi-engaged Tuscan columns and sidelights in a Palladian form. Broken pediment over entrance with dentils (this motif echoed in attic story dormers). 6/6 lights. Stone lintels with keystones on first-story openings. Two endwall chimneys. Designed by T. J. Collins & Son.

People

T. J. Collins & Son architect

Style: Colonial Revival
Stories: 2.5
Built of: brick
Exterior: brick, stone lintels
Roof: gable
Height: About 34 ft to the top of the roof; covers about 2,550 sq ft of ground (USGS lidar survey, 2020)

Notable features

dormers
frontispiece
fanlight
Tuscan columns
sidelights
Palladian form
broken pediment
dentils
endwall chimneys

Today

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Nearby markers

Mary Baldwin College, I-17, 310 m
Dr. William Fleming, A-64, 330 m
Augusta County Courthouse, I-34, 390 m
Dr. Alexander Humphreys, A-63, 430 m
The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, Founded 1839, I-16, 600 m

Source: Gospel Hill Historic District National Register Nomination, page 38. Listed there as “305 East Beverley Street.”