Barrett–Chumney House


Barrett–Chumney House is a historic Plantation house in the [Southern United States|plantation house] near Amelia [Court House, Virginia|Amelia Court House], Amelia [County, Virginia|Amelia County], in the U.S. state of Virginia. The house was largely built about 1823, and is a two-story, five-bay frame central-hall building with weatherboarded exterior and hipped standing-seam metal roof. It is a Federal-style I-house with a notable Federal-style door surround. The house was remodeled in about 1859, with the addition of Greek [Revival architecture|Greek Revival] elements. Also on the property are a contributing tobacco barn, two sheds, and a carriage house/garage.
It was added to the National [Register of Historic Places] in 2011. It is also on the Virginia Department of Historic Resources list of historic African American sites in Virginia.