Mount Hope (New Baltimore, Virginia)

Mount Hope
Location 6015 Georgetown Rd., near New Baltimore, Virginia
Coordinates 38°47′36″N 77°43′58″W / 38.79333°N 77.73278°W / 38.79333; -77.73278Coordinates: 38°47′36″N 77°43′58″W / 38.79333°N 77.73278°W / 38.79333; -77.73278
Area 10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built 1829 (1829)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 05001625[1]
VLR # 030-0778
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 1, 2006
Designated VLR December 7, 2005[2]

Mount Hope is a historic home located near New Baltimore, Fauquier County, Virginia. The house was built in four periods from the early-19th to early-20th centuries. The main dwelling is a 2 ½-story, three-bay, frame dwelling on a stone foundation and in the Greek Revival style. It features a double-story porch with a hipped roof and square wooden columns. Also on the property are the contributing bank barn, a machine shed, a smokehouse, and a spring house dating from the 19th century; an early-20th-century shed; a well; and the Hunton Family cemetery.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (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. Anne Foos Whitelaw; Dale S. Hauck & Glen Ellen Alderton (September 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Hope" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying three photos


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