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Edge Hill is a historic plantation house located near Woodford in Caroline County, Virginia, United States. It was built in two sections. The earliest dates from 1820 to 1821 and enlarged about 1840 by adding the western half, giving it a formal, symmetrical five-bay facade.
Edge Hill, also known as Edgehill and Edgehill Farm, is a historic house located near Shadwell in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.
Apr 24, 2023 · Edgehill, also known as Edge Hill and Edgehill Farm, is a historic house located near Shadwell in Albemarle County. In 1826, the Edgehill plantation was describe as lying four miles east of Charlottesville, between the Rivanna , where it was safely navigable, and the South West Mountains.
Apr 9, 2021 · William Randolph patented the Edgehill plantation just to the north, in 1735. (A historical marker located near Charlottesville in Albemarle County, Virginia.)
An early twentieth-century photograph shows Edgehill, the plantation house where Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. and his wife, Martha Jefferson Randolph, settled in 1800.
Edge Hill is a historic plantation house located near Woodford in Caroline County, Virginia, United States. It was built in two sections. The earliest dates from 1820–21 and enlarged about 1840 by adding the western half, giving it a formal, symmetrical five-bay facade.
Known as the “Edgehill Portrait,” this painting on mahogany, by artist Gilbert Stuart, was the result of two sittings. Jefferson’s brightly lit forehead stands out against the muted gray-green background, as if to emphasize his bold intellect. How is the artist using light and shadow in this portrait? What do these convey?
