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Mount Stirling (Providence Forge, Virginia)

Coordinates: 37°25′32″N 77°02′14″W / 37.42556°N 77.03722°W / 37.42556; -77.03722
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Mount Stirling
Mount Stirling (Providence Forge, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Mount Stirling (Providence Forge, Virginia)
Mount Stirling (Providence Forge, Virginia) is located in the United States
Mount Stirling (Providence Forge, Virginia)
LocationVA 155 E side, 3200 ft. NNE of jct. with VA 614, Providence Forge, Virginia
Coordinates37°25′32″N 77°02′14″W / 37.42556°N 77.03722°W / 37.42556; -77.03722
Area56 acres (23 ha)
Built1851 (1851)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.93000005[1]
VLR No.018-0015
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 4, 1993
Designated VLRDecember 9, 1992[2]

Mount Stirling is a historic plantation house located at Providence Forge, Charles City County, Virginia. It was built in 1851, and is a 2+12-story, red brick, Greek Revival style plantation house. It features a small-scale Greek Ionic order portico and stepped gable parapets. Also on the property is a contributing altered kitchen building. The house sits among formally landscaped grounds undertaken in the 1940s. The plantation was the scene of significant activity during the American Civil War, as Union soldiers occupied the house in 1862 and again in 1864.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[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 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Byran L. Townes (August 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Stirling" (PDF). and Accompanying photo