090-0042

Cedar Ridge

VLR Listing Date

03/15/2000

NRHP Listing Date

08/02/2000

NHL Listing Date

NA

NRHP Reference Number

00000894

Cedar Ridge is situated on approximately three acres in the southwestern portion of Surry County. The building is an excellent example of mid-18th-century Virginia vernacular domestic architecture. The house, probably built by Surry resident Colonel Richard Avery sometime around 1750, began as a simple one-room-down/one-room-up building. It eventually evolved into a two-room, hall-and-parlor-plan dwelling, its upstairs linked by a central rear staircase with later additions of an enclosed breezeway connecting a two-story rear kitchen and bedchamber addition. While the interior trim shows evidence of both Georgian and Federal influence. the house at Cedar Ridge as a whole remains a variation on the most common vernacular colonial dwelling type—the hall-and-parlor design.

Last Updated: June 6, 2023

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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark

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Nomination Form

308-5001

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