Henry House

Name/Title

Henry House

Entry/Object ID

2021.36

Description

Print of a black ink drawing. Artist's rendering of the Henry House at Red Hill during Patrick Henry's residency. Shows a wood-framed, side gable house with brick foundations and a brick chimney. The house has a side door with a transom window above, shuttered two sash windows, and sits atop a hill with a large shrub to the right.

Artwork Details

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia

Made/Created

Artist

Roach, Jon

Date made

1990

Time Period

20th Century

Dimensions

Width

9-1/2 in

Length

7-1/2 in

Provenance

Notes

This print of an artist's conceptual rendering depicts the possible original form and size of the Henry house at Red Hill from ca. 1772 to 1832. Artist John Roach drew this work in 1990 as part of the Greenwood Partnership, which conducted a master plan for Red Hill completed in 1991. The Greenwood Partnership gifted this print to the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation in 1991.