040-0017

Spring Hill

VLR Listing Date

10/15/1985

NRHP Listing Date

12/02/1985

NRHP Delisting Date

06/10/2005

NRHP Reference Number

85003094

VLR Delisting Date

06/19/2008

Although in neglected condition, Spring Hill is recognized as the finest 18th-century residence surviving in Greensville County. The construction date has not been documented but the building was standing by 1786 when William Andrews operated a tavern here. George Washington visited the tavern in 1791 and noted it in his journal: “Breakfasted at one Andrews’ a small but decent House about a mile after passing the ford (or rather the bridge) over the Meherrin river. . . ” The original portion of the house is a two-story, side-passage dwelling still sheathed with early beaded weatherboards. The passage contains an unusually fine Georgian stair with vase-and-column balusters and what may be an original grained finish. Two early outbuildings remain on the Spring Hill grounds. The house served as a girls’ school in the mid-19th-century when it was owned by Mary G. Jane Johnson.

The house at Spring Hill caved-in and was subsequently burned in 1999, and the property was subsequently delisted from the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 and from the Virginia Landmarks Register in 2008.

Last Updated: January 31, 2024

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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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