Rapidan Historic District

Rapidan Historic District

Rapidan Passenger Depot, March 2013
Location Jct. of VA 614, VA 615, and VA 673, Rapidan, Virginia
Coordinates 38°18′35″N 78°04′08″W / 38.30972°N 78.06889°W / 38.30972; -78.06889Coordinates: 38°18′35″N 78°04′08″W / 38.30972°N 78.06889°W / 38.30972; -78.06889
Area 182 acres (74 ha)
Architect Peyton, George Q.
Architectural style Late Victorian, Italianate, Victorian vernacular
NRHP Reference # 87000723[1]
VLR # 023-0052
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 8, 1987
Designated VLR March 17, 1987[2]

Rapidan Historic District is a national historic district located at Rapidan, in Culpeper County and Orange County, Virginia. It encompasses 34 contributing buildings in the crossroads village of Rapidan. They include three churches, a post office, a commercial building, one meeting hall, two railroad depots, twenty-one residences, and six outbuildings. Notable buildings include the Emmanuel Episcopal Church (1874), "Annandale" (c. 1825), the Rapidan Trading Post (1903), Rapidan Post Office (1914), Lower Rapidan Baptist Church (1914), Rapidan Passenger Depot (c. 1890), and the Peyton-Grhby House (c. 1890). Also located in the district is the separately listed Waddell Memorial Presbyterian Church.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[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. David Edwards and Staff (February 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rapidan Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map


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