Redlands (Covesville, Virginia)
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Redlands is a historic home located near Covesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built between about 1798 and 1808, and is a rectangular two-story, five bay, brick structure covered by a hipped roof in the Federal style. It features a Tuscan order front porch. Its interior is notable for its fine Adamesque woodwork. The master builder of the house was Martin Thacker, of neighboring Cedar Grove. It was built for Robert Carter, grandson of John Carter, around the time of his marriage to Mary Eliza Coles of neighboring
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Redlands, State Route 708, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA
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