Carrsbrook

Carrsbrook is a historic home and farm complex located near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1785, and is a five-part Palladian style dwelling. It has a central, projecting 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay-wide section flanked by 1+1⁄2-story, single-bay wings connected by hyphens. The front facade features a single-story dwarf portico, supported by Doric order columns. From 1798 to 1815 the house served as the residence and school of Thomas Jefferson's ward and nephew, Peter Carr.^[3]

Carrsbrook
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Carrsbrook, South Fork River vicinity, Charlottesville vicinity (Albemarle County, Virginia).jpg
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Location	VA 1424, near Charlottesville, Virginia
Coordinates	38°5′36″N 78°27′19″W
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	c. 1785 (1785)
Architectural style	Colonial, Palladian
NRHP reference No.	82004532[1]
VLR No.	002-0011
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 8, 1982
Designated VLR	July 21, 1981[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]