Rockwood (Montpelier Station, Virginia)

Rockwood
Property entrance
Rockwood (Montpelier Station, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Rockwood (Montpelier Station, Virginia)
Rockwood (Montpelier Station, Virginia) is located in the United States
Rockwood (Montpelier Station, Virginia)
Location12225 Chicken Mountain Rd., near Montpelier Station, Virginia
Coordinates38°12′31″N 78°9′40″W / 38.20861°N 78.16111°W / 38.20861; -78.16111
Area296.5 acres (120.0 ha)
Built1848
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.01000695[1]
VLR No.068-0051
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 2001
Designated VLRMarch 14, 2001[2]

Rockwood is a historic house in the vicinity of Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia. It was built in 1848 and is a 2+1⁄2-story frame house which was designed in a blend of the Gothic Revival and Greek Revival styles. The house sits on a brick English basement and has an offset sharply pitched cross-gable roof.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 2001.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Anne Brooking Stelter (January 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rockwood" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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