Spence's Point

Infobox_nrhp | name =Spence's Point (John Roderigo Dos Passos House)
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
location= On Sandy Point Neck, on VA 749, Westmoreland, Virginia
locmapin = Virginia
area =
built =1942
architect= Unknown
architecture= Georgian
designated= November 11, 1971cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1167&ResourceType=Building
title=Spence's Point (John Roderigo Dos Passos House) |accessdate=2008-04-21|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 11, 1971cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=71000991

Spence's Point, on the Potomac River near Westmoreland, Virginia, also known as John R. Dos Passos Farm, was the home of writer John Dos Passos. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/71000991.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: John R. Dos Passos Farm / Spence's Point] |32 KB|date=June 17, 1971 |author=Robert S. Gamble |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/71000991.pdf "Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1971"] |32 KB]

The house on the farm is a simple Federal style building.The boundaries of the landmark include the farm and its house "as well as the boyhood home of John Dos Passos on the northwest side of the intersection of Routes 604 and 610."

The farm is located on the Potomac River, on Sandy Point Neck, on Route 749 about .3 miles northeast of its junction with Route 610.

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External links

* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Westmoreland/Spencespoint_photo.htm Spence's Point, Westmoreland County, one photo at Virginia DHR]