Chapel Hill (Mint Spring, Virginia)
Chapel Hill | |
 Front of the house, with late-19th-century wing visible at right | |
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| Location | White Hill Road southeast of Mint Spring, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°4′01″N 79°04′23″W / 38.06694°N 79.07306°W |
| Area | 50 acres (20 ha) |
| Built | c. 1834 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 78003006[1] |
| VLR No. | 007-0012 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 16, 1978 |
| Designated VLR | July 18, 1978[2] |
Chapel Hill is a historic home located near Mint Spring, Augusta County, Virginia. It was built about 1834, and is a two-story, three-bay, brick I-house dwelling in the Federal style. The front facade features a central pedimented pavilion with an elliptical fanlight over the doorway and another in the pediment. The interior features French scenic wallpaper, graining and marbleizing. Also on the property are the contributing frame office with some Gothic details, a pyramidal-roofed frame smokehouse, and a gable-roofed dairy.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (May 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chapel Hill" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Federal architecture in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1834
- Houses in Augusta County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Augusta County, Virginia
- 1834 establishments in Virginia
- Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
- Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Augusta County, Virginia, geography stubs