One of the rare early landmarks of the Franklin County town of Rocky Mount, the Woods-Meade House is a vernacular dwelling with sophisticated overtones and a complex evolution. The front section was built ca. 1830 or earlier for Robert T. Woods, who served in both the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia Senate. The Woods-Meade House has distinctive masonry details including a molded brick cornice, gauged brick jack arches, and curious half-round brick pilasters and rounded brick porch supports. The latter were apparently part of a one-bay portico that was later altered. Morrison Meade acquired the house in 1834 and added a frame section on the rear wall, connecting the house to a kitchen outbuilding. The two-story addition, with side porches, made a small house into a relatively commodious one.
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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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