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Greater Newport Rural Historic District

Coordinates: 37°18′27″N 80°31′42″W / 37.30750°N 80.52833°W / 37.30750; -80.52833
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Greater Newport Rural Historic District
Greater Newport Rural Historic District is located in Virginia
Greater Newport Rural Historic District
Greater Newport Rural Historic District is located in the United States
Greater Newport Rural Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by U.S. Route 460 and State Routes 42, 601, 603, 604, 605, and 700, near Newport, Virginia
Coordinates37°18′27″N 80°31′42″W / 37.30750°N 80.52833°W / 37.30750; -80.52833
Area21,371 acres (8,649 ha)
Built1790 (1790)
Built byMoody, William Lewis, Jr.; Heyword E. Henderson
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate, et al.
NRHP reference No.00000489[1]
VLR No.035-0412
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 14, 2000
Designated VLRDecember 8, 1993[2]

Greater Newport Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Newport, Giles County, Virginia. It encompasses a total of 737 contributing buildings and 25 contributing structures in the rural area near the village of Newport. It encompasses the previously listed Newport Historic District. The district includes primarily 19th- and early-20th-century farmsteads and complexes. Notable buildings include the "Camper" Cabin (late 18th century), Albert Meredith Cabin (c. 1840), E. L. Lucas House (c. 1850), Moses Atkins House (1837), William Lafon House (1855), Doak Lucas House (1860), Leonard Kessinger House (1871), Martin Farrier House (1905), Steve and Lori Taylor House (1938), Upper Spruce Run School (1890), Clover Hollow Christian Church (1921), Sherry Memorial Church, Old Cook Mill (c. 1910), three standing diminutive Burr covered bridges, a smelting furnace (1871), the Mountain Lake Hotel Resort, and the Biological Station of the University of Virginia (1934).[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Paul Hardin Kapp (September 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Greater Newport Rural Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos and Accompanying map