Rockwood | |
 Property entrance | |
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| Location | 12225 Chicken Mountain Rd., near Montpelier Station, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°12′31″N 78°9′40″W / 38.20861°N 78.16111°W |
| Area | 296.5 acres (120.0 ha) |
| Built | 1848 |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000695 [1] |
| VLR No. | 068-0051 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 5, 2001 |
| Designated VLR | March 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
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Anne Brooking Stelter (January 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rockwood" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Carpenter Gothic houses in Virginia
- Greek Revival houses in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1848
- Houses in Orange County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, Virginia
- Central Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs