Stono, also known as Jordan's Point (pronounced "Jer-don"), is a historic home located at

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. It was built about 1818, and is a cruciform shaped brick dwelling consisting of a two-story, three-bay, central section with one-story, two-bay, flanking wings. The front facade features a two-story Roman

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with a modillioned pediment and lunette and a gallery at second-floor level. About 1870, a -story rear wing was added connecting the main house to a formerly separate loom house. Also on the property are a contributing summer kitchen, ice house, and office. an
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in 1975. It is located in the Lexington Historic District.

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Stono, Institute Hill, Lexington, Lexington, VA
13 photos, 8 measured drawings, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at

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Stono, Office, Institute Hill, Lexington, Lexington, VA
1 photo and 2 measured drawings at Historic American Buildings Survey
Stono, Summer Kitchen, Institute Hill, At U.S. 11 and U.S. 11A, Lexington, Lexington, VA
1 photo at Historic American Buildings Survey
Stono, Ice House, Institute Hill, Lexington, Lexington, VA
1 photo at Historic American Buildings Survey Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses completed in 1818 Houses in Lexington, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Lexington, Virginia Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia {{LexingtonVA-NRHP-stub