Willow Shade

Historic house in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Willow Shade
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register


39°16′06.7″N 78°18′28.7″W / 39.268528°N 78.307972°W / 39.268528; -78.307972
Area	4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Built	1851 (1851)
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Vernacular Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	90001925^[1]
VLR No.	034-0162
Added to NRHP	December 18, 1990
Designated VLR	December 12, 1989^[2]

Willow Shade, also known as the Willa Cather House, is a historic home located near Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. The house was built in 1851, and is a two-story, five-bay-by-three-bay, rectangular brick dwelling in a vernacular Late Greek Revival style. It has a three bay by two bay rear ell. The house sits on an English basement. It was the childhood home of author Willa Cather (1873–1947) and was built by her grandfather, William Cather. She was born at the nearby Willa Cather Birthplace and resided at Willow Shade from 1874 to 1883 before moving to Nebraska.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ Karen C. Clay (May 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Willow Shade" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo