Mulberry Grove (Brownsburg, Virginia)

Mulberry Grove
Location VA 724 S side, 5000 ft. SE of jct. with VA 252, near Brownsburg, Virginia
Coordinates 37°55′23″N 79°18′21″W / 37.92306°N 79.30583°W / 37.92306; -79.30583Coordinates: 37°55′23″N 79°18′21″W / 37.92306°N 79.30583°W / 37.92306; -79.30583
Area 2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built c. 1790 (1790)
Architectural style Federal, Vernacular Federal
NRHP Reference # 94000761[1]
VLR # 081-0044
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 28, 1994
Designated VLR April 20, 1994[2]

Mulberry Grove is a historic home located near Brownsburg, Rockbridge County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1790, and later expanded in the 1820s to a two-story, three bay, brick and frame Federal style dwelling. It has a side gable roof and two chimneys at the northeast end and one brick chimney near the southwest end. A frame stair hall was added about 1828 and brick wings were added at each end about 1840. The property includes a contributing log meat house and a double-pen log barn. The house was built for William Houston, a relative of the Texas pioneer and Rockbridge County native, Sam Houston.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[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. Mary Sterrett Lipacomb (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mulberry Grove" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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