324 E Beverley St

Thomas Michie House, Ca. 1848

BrickIndividually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1982Also contributes to the Gospel Hill Historic District

Type: BuildingNational Archives nomination file NPS record

Did you know?Chartered on 13 January 1844

1848

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From the National Register nomination

brick; 2 stories; hip roof with belvedere; 3 bays with wings on right side; entrance portico with 4 slender Tuscan columns. Greek Revival. Ca. 1848. Decorative cast-iron fence balustrade tops portico. Heavy undecorated entablature. Entrance with transom and sidelights in central bay flanked by brick pilasters. 3-part opening above central portico. 8/8 openings with simple architrave trim. West wing added ca. 1890 to connect house with service wing and original detached kitchen. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places (Thomas Michie House, 9/9/82).

Style: Greek Revival
Stories: 2
Built of: brick
Exterior: hip roof with belvedere, entrance portico with 4 slender Tuscan columns, Decorative cast-iron fence balustrade tops portico, Heavy undecorated entablature, Entrance with transom and sidelights in central bay flanked by brick pilasters, 3-part opening above central portico, 8/8 openings with simple architrave trim
Roof: hip roof with belvedere
Height: About 41 ft to the top of the roof; covers about 3,100 sq ft of ground (USGS lidar survey, 2020)

Notable features

entrance portico with 4 slender Tuscan columns
Decorative cast-iron fence balustrade tops portico
Heavy undecorated entablature
Entrance with transom and sidelights in central bay flanked by brick pilasters
3-part opening above central portico
8/8 openings with simple architrave trim

Later changes

West wing added ca. 1890 to connect house with service wing and original detached kitchen

Today

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Nearby markers

Dr. William Fleming, A-64, 370 m
Mary Baldwin College, I-17, 370 m
Augusta County Courthouse, I-34, 440 m
Dr. Alexander Humphreys, A-63, 470 m
The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, Founded 1839, I-16, 540 m

National Register listing: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, reference number 82004603.

Source: Gospel Hill Historic District National Register Nomination, page 44. Listed there as “324 East Beverley Street.”