Rockwood (Montpelier Station, Virginia)

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]

Rockwood
Property entrance
Location12225 Chicken Mountain Rd., near Montpelier Station, Virginia
Coordinates38°12′31″N 78°9′40″W
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]

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

References

  1. "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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