Mount Columbia (Manquin, Virginia)

Mount Columbia
Location Off VA 649, 2.7 mi. W of VA 605, near Manquin, Virginia
Coordinates 37°42′51″N 77°11′14″W / 37.71417°N 77.18722°W / 37.71417; -77.18722Coordinates: 37°42′51″N 77°11′14″W / 37.71417°N 77.18722°W / 37.71417; -77.18722
Area 99.2 acres (40.1 ha)
Built c. 1792, c. 1835
Architect Bosher, Gideon; Bosher, William
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 88003208 [1]
VLR # 050-0049
Significant dates
Added to NRHP January 19, 1989
Designated VLR April 19, 1988[2]

Mount Columbia is a historic home located near Manquin, King William County, Virginia. It was built in two sections; the rear section was built about 1790 and the front was added about 1835. It is a two-story, five bay, rectangular brick dwelling in the Federal style. The front section has a single-pile, central hall plan. Also on the property are the contributing brick kitchen dependency, a family cemetery and the vestiges of a formal garden.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "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 Division of Historic Landmarks staff (March 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Columbia" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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