Miles B. Carpenter House

Historic house in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Miles B. Carpenter House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

Front of the house
37°2′16″N 77°6′20″W / 37.03778°N 77.10556°W / 37.03778; -77.10556
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
NRHP reference No.	89001920^[1]
VLR No.	323-0003
Added to NRHP	November 13, 1989
Designated VLR	April 18, 1989^[2]

The Miles B. Carpenter House, a two-story frame dwelling built in 1890, is located at the intersection of Hunter Street and U.S. Route 460 in Waverly, Sussex County, Virginia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1989.^[3] In 1912 the home was purchased by Miles B. Carpenter, owner of a local sawmill, planing mill, and ice delivery business, who became a noted American folk artist.^[4] A photo of the house can be viewed at this referenced website.^[5]

Since Carpenter's death in 1985, his house has been preserved as the Miles B. Carpenter Folk Art Museum in which are displayed his tools and carvings and as a gallery to encourage and exhibit the work of young artists in the region.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ "Miles B. Carpenter House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. March 1989. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
^ Bearss, Sara B., sr. ed. 2006. Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Richmond, Va.: The Library of Virginia. pp. 25-36.
^ Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Miles B. Carpenter House, [Sussex] County, http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Sussex/CarpenterMiles_photo.htm, accessed 1 Oct 2009.