Long Branch

Clarke County · dedicated 1992 · Rte. 626, intersection of Long Branch Ln. and Nelson Rd.

This Classical Revival mansion built for Robert Carter Burwell is one of the few remaining residential works in which B. Henry Latrobe, father of the American architectural profession, played a role in design. Latrobe offered suggestions to Burwell for a staircase and piazza in 1811, a few months after workmen had laid the foundations. Hugh Mortimer Nelson added the porticoes and castellated east wing after 1842, as well as the Greek Revival-style interior trim based on designs published by the architect Minard Lafever. The late Harry Z. Isaacs renovated the mansion in 1989.

Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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