Evergreen, also known as the Callaway-Deyerle House, is an historic home located near Rocky Mount,

Franklin County, Virginia Franklin County is a county located in the Blue Ridge foothills of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,477. Its county seat is Rocky Mount. Franklin County is part of the Roanoke metro ...

. The original section, now the rear ell, was built about 1840, is a two-story, two-bay, rectangular brick dwelling with a hipped roof in a vernacular

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

style. A two-story front section in the

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style combined its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century It ...

style was added about 1861. A side gable and wing addition was built at the same time. Also on the property are a contributing

silo A silo () is a structure for storing Bulk material handling, bulk materials. Silos are commonly used for bulk storage of grain, coal, cement, carbon black, woodchips, food products and sawdust. Three types of silos are in widespread use toda ...

(c. 1861), barn (c. 1920), and tenant house (c. 1930). an
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/ref> The silo on site is one of the earliest all brick grain silos in this part of the country. Part of the original estate was built by

Benjamin Deyerle Benjamin Deyerle (1806–1883) was an architect, artist and brickmaker in Roanoke County, Virginia Roanoke County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, its population was 96,929. Its count ...

. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1999.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses completed in 1861 Greek Revival houses in Virginia Italianate architecture in Virginia Houses in Franklin County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Virginia 1861 establishments in Virginia Brick buildings and structures in Virginia {{FranklinCountyVA-NRHP-stub