Westbourne
Richmond, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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Westbourne, a historic home in Richmond, Virginia, was designed by architect W. Duncan Lee in 1915 and completed in 1919 for wealthy businessman and real estate developer Abram L. McClellan. The 2½-story Georgian Revival brick dwelling features a symmetrical central block flanked by two-story wings beneath a hipped slate roof, with a striking tetrastyle Corinthian portico anchoring the north elevation's center bays. Originally named Pinehurst, the house was renamed Westbourne in 1938 by its second owner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and biographer Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman, who commissioned landscape architect Charles F. Gillette to design extensive grounds that have since largely disappeared due to property subdivision. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, it remains a significant example of Colonial Revival architecture in the region.
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- Type
- single-family detached home
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place, Virginia Historic Landmark
- Place
- Richmond, United States
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