Melville is a historic home located near Surry,

Surry County, Virginia Surry County is a county (United States), county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 6,561. In 1652, Surry County was formed from the portion of James City County, Virginia, Jame ...

. It was built about 1727, and is a -story, hall-parlor plan brick dwelling. It has a clipped gable roof with three pedimented dormers and features tall interior end chimneys. It has a frame shed roofed addition in the rear dated to the early-19th century and a screened front porch and wing dated to the early-20th century. an
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1980.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses completed in 1727 National Register of Historic Places in Surry County, Virginia Houses in Surry County, Virginia {{SurryCountyVA-NRHP-stub