Dromgoole House

 house, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Federal style (architecture)

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Historic house listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

- Built: 1796-1799
- Alterations: east wing addition (c. 1810)
- Architectural style: Vernacular Federal
- Areas of significance: Religion; Politics/Government; Architecture
- Area: 16 acres
- Also known as: Rev. Edward Dromgoole House
- Date added to NRHP: 8/9/2021

"Dromgoole House was built...for Reverend Edward Dromgoole at his plantation, Canaan. One of America’s early traveling ministers and a friend of Bishop Francis Asbury, Rev. Dromgoole was an influential preacher and organizer who helped spread John Wesley’s Methodist movement in America, leading to the rapid rise of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the 18th and early 19th century."

--Virginia Department of Historic Resources

NRHP #100006813