Loretta | |
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Location | East side of US 17, 3,500 feet (1,100 m) north of Warrenton town limits, near Warrenton, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°44′48″N 77°48′35″W / 38.74667°N 77.80972°W |
Area | 77 acres (31 ha) |
Built | c. 1800 | , 1907-1908
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 93001442 [1] |
VLR No. | 030-0035 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 23, 1993 |
Designated VLR | October 20, 1993 [2] |
Loretta, also known as Edmonium, is a historic home located near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. The house was originally constructed about 1800 as a two-story. single-pile dwelling. In 1907–1908, it was remodeled in the Colonial Revival style. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, L-shaped, three-bay, brick house with a hipped roof built over a raised basement. In addition to the main house the property includes a smokehouse, and a well, both of which date to the early 19th century; and two barns, a corncrib, and two tenant houses, which all date to the early 20th century. [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1]