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The Residence (Woodberry Forest School)

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The Residence, also known as Woodberry, is a historic home on the grounds of Woodberry Forest School in Madison County, Virginia. It was built in 1793, reputedly to plans associated with Thomas Jefferson, for William Madison, brother of President James Madison. The house was extensively enlarged and altered in 1884. It is a one-and-a-half-story, wood-frame, Federal-style residence with a pedimented Tuscan-order portico on its front facade, weatherboard siding, and its original hipped roof. A contributing smokehouse also stands on the property. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Villa 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Virginia, United States 3
Completed Year
1793 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Villa 2
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Villa, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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1. The Residence (Woodberry Forest School) (Wikipedia)
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    The Residence, also known as Woodberry, is a historic home on the grounds of Woodberry Forest School in Madison County, Virginia. It was built in 1793, reputedly to plans associated with Thomas Jefferson, for William Madison, brother of President James Madison. The house was extensively enlarged and altered in 1884. It is a one-and-a-half-story, wood-frame, Federal-style residence with a pedimented Tuscan-order portico on its front facade, weatherboard siding, and its original hipped roof. A contributing smokehouse also stands on the property.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1793)
    The Residence, also known as Woodberry, is a historic home located on the grounds of Woodberry Forest School at Woodberry Forest, Madison County, Virginia. It was built in 1793, reputedly after the plans of Thomas Jefferson. In 1884, the house was extensively enlarged and altered. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, wood frame, Federal-style residence. The front facade features a pedimented Tuscan order portic
  • In Style: Federal Architecture, Infobox, architecture
    architecture: Federal
  • Uses Element: Timber, Wikipedia lead
    It is a 1+1⁄2-story, wood frame, Federal-style residence.
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2. The Residence (Woodberry Forest School) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)
Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)
Wikidata item Q14713326, instance of (P31): villa
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3. The Residence (Woodberry Forest School) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 412448): Virginia, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 412448): Virginia, United States
Wikidata item Q14713326, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
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