Gum Creek
Property entrance
Gum Creek (Virginia) is located in Virginia
Gum Creek (Virginia)
Gum Creek (Virginia) is located in the United States
Gum Creek (Virginia)
Location1317 Stage Junction Rd., near Columbia, Virginia
Coordinates37°46′29″N 78°09′33″W / 37.77472°N 78.15917°W / 37.77472; -78.15917
Area33.1 acres (13.4 ha)
Builtc. 1797 (1797)
Built byRoss, James, D. and David
Architectural styleEarly Republic, I-house
NRHP reference No.03001084[1]
VLR No.032-0046
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 22, 2003
Designated VLRJune 18, 2003[2]

Gum Creek is a historic home located near Columbia, Fluvanna County, Virginia. It was built about 1797, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay, center passage plan frame dwelling on a stone foundation. Two one-story, shed roofed additions were built after 1839. It features unpainted original interior woodwork, a basement kitchen and stone and brick end chimneys. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse, buggy shed, and the original stone-enclosed spring.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Grace Lindsay Nolting (December 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Gum Creek" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos


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