Mountain Road Historic District

Mountain Road Historic District
Location Roughly Mountain Rd. from Mimosa Dr. to Academy St., Halifax, Virginia
Coordinates 36°45′59″N 78°56′07″W / 36.76639°N 78.93528°W / 36.76639; -78.93528Coordinates: 36°45′59″N 78°56′07″W / 36.76639°N 78.93528°W / 36.76639; -78.93528
Area 67 acres (27 ha)
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP Reference # 83004245[1]
VLR # 230-0078
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 6, 1983
Designated VLR August 16, 1983[2]

Mountain Road Historic District is a national historic district located near Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia. The district includes 22 contributing buildings and consists of two churches, a parish hall, a masonic hall, and a host of private residences dating to the 19th and early 20th centuries. Notable buildings include the Masonic Lodge (1828), Methodist Church (1831), St. John's Episcopal Church (1844), Magnolia Hill, Grand Oaks, and St. John's Rectory. Several of the earlier dwellings and St. John's Episcopal Church were designed by Dabney Cosby, Jr., son of the Jeffersonian workman, Dabney Cosby, Sr.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[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 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (August 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mountain Road Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map


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