Godwin-Knight House

140 King's Hwy., Chuckatuck (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Suffolk.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 24, 1992. NRIS 92001028.

5 contributing buildings. 4 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • DHR File No. 133-576

From Wikipedia:

Godwin–Knight House

Godwin–Knight House is a historic home located at Chuckatuck, Virginia. It was built in 1856, in the Federal style, then elaborately remodeled about 1898 in the Queen Anne style. It is a 2+12-story, three-bay, double-pile side-hall-plan frame dwelling. hipped roof front porch. It features a wraparound porch and a corner tower with conical roof. Also on the property are the contributing summer kitchen, smokehouse, woodshed / Delco house, two chicken house, a garage, and a barn / stable. It was the boyhood home of Virginia Governor Mills E. Godwin, Jr.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is located in the Chuckatuck Historic District.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683853

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