Virginia Department of Historic Resources Virginia Department of Historic Resources
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VLR Listing Date 12/09/2021
NRHP Listing Date 03/23/2022
NRHP Reference Number SG100007569
Built around 1839 in Bedford County, the Quarles-Walker House is richly detailed in a vernacular version of the Neoclassical style. The two-story timber-framed house was built for the Quarles family, headed by Nancy Quarles and her son John Winston Quarles. The interior is finished with tripartite Neoclassical mantels that employ reeding for various decorative effects and reeded chair rails. Peg rails, a stair with scrolled tread brackets, a barred foundation vent, and decorative painting are other notable features. Next to the house stands a small frame milk house, built about 1940 when then-owner Robert Parker Walker operated the property as the Evergreen Dairy. The milk house reflects aspects of the era’s approved practice for dairy facility construction. The Quarles-Walker House property’s period of significance extends from ca. 1839 (when land tax records and architectural evidence suggests the house was completed) to around 1940 when the milk house was constructed.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Updated: March 31, 2022
