Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House

Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Richmond City Historic District
Hancock-Wirt-Caskie, HABS photo, 1936
Location	2 N. 5th St., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1808 (1808)-1809
Built by	Hancock, Michael; Unknown
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP Reference #	70000881
VLR #	127-0042
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 17, 1970
Designated VLR	December 2, 1969

Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House, also known as The William Wirt House, is a historic home located in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1808–09, and is a two-story, seven-bay Federal-era brick dwelling with a hipped roof. The three bays on either side of the entrance are formed into octagonal-ended or three-sectioned bow front projections with a wooden, two-level porch arcade screening the central space. It has a central hall plan with an octagonal room on the south and a rectangular room behind and a larger single room across the hall. In 1816, William Wirt (1772–1834) purchased the house and lived there until 1818, when he moved to Washington as Attorney General of the United States under James Monroe. Formerly serving as the headquarters of the Richmond Chapter of the American Red Cross, the house is now a private residence. The last business to occupy this house was the law firm of Bowles and Bowles. The house bears a strong relationship to Point of Honor in Lynchburg, Virginia.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

External links

• Mrs. James Caskie House, 2 North Fifth Street, Richmond, Independent City, VA: 5 photos, 13 measured drawings, and 3 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey