Chapel Hill (Mint Spring, Virginia)

Chapel Hill
Location East of Mint Spring on VA 654, near Mint Spring, Virginia
Coordinates 38°4′01″N 79°04′23″W / 38.06694°N 79.07306°W / 38.06694; -79.07306Coordinates: 38°4′01″N 79°04′23″W / 38.06694°N 79.07306°W / 38.06694; -79.07306
Area 50 acres (20 ha)
Built c. 1834 (1834)
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 78003006[1]
VLR # 007-0012
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 16, 1978
Designated VLR July 18, 1978[2]

Chapel Hill is a historic home located near Mint Spring, Augusta County, Virginia. It was built about 1834, and is a two-story, three bay, brick I-house dwelling in the Federal style. The front facade features a central pedimented pavilion with an elliptical fanlight over the doorway and another in the pediment. The interior features French scenic wallpaper, woodgraining and marbelizing. Also on the property are the contributing frame office with some Gothic details, a pyramidal-roofed frame smokehouse, and a gable-roofed dairy.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (May 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chapel Hill" (PDF). and Accompanying photo


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