Chapel Hill (Mint Spring, Virginia)

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, graining and marbleizing. Also on the property are the contributing frame office with some Gothic details, a pyramidal-roofed frame smokehouse, and a gable-roofed dairy.[3]

Chapel Hill
Front of the house, with late-19th-century wing visible at right
Chapel Hill (Mint Spring, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Chapel Hill (Mint Spring, Virginia)
Chapel Hill (Mint Spring, Virginia) is located in the United States
Chapel Hill (Mint Spring, Virginia)
LocationWhite Hill Road southeast of Mint Spring, Virginia
Coordinates38°4′01″N 79°04′23″W / 38.06694°N 79.07306°W / 38.06694; -79.07306
Area50 acres (20 ha)
Builtc. 1834 (1834)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.78003006[1]
VLR No.007-0012
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 16, 1978
Designated VLRJuly 18, 1978[2]

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

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. 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