Mount Pleasant (Staunton, Virginia)

Mount Pleasant
Location 879 Middle River Rd., near Staunton, Virginia
Coordinates 38°14′39″N 79°05′24″W / 38.24417°N 79.09000°W / 38.24417; -79.09000Coordinates: 38°14′39″N 79°05′24″W / 38.24417°N 79.09000°W / 38.24417; -79.09000
Area 316.2 acres (128.0 ha)
Built c. 1780 (1780)-1810
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 89001792[1]
VLR # 007-0024
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 30, 1989
Designated VLR April 18, 1989, October 10, 2007[2]

Mount Pleasant is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia. The house was built about 1780–1810, and is a two-story, hall-parlor plan limestone structure with a rear ell dating to the mid-19th century. It is reflective of architecture of the Federal era. It has an original one-story brick ell. Also on the property are a contributing barn, corncrib, garage, storage shed, chicken house, the spring house, and an equipment shed. The property also include the ruins of a mill.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[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 2013-05-12.
  3. William T. Frazier (December 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Pleasant" (PDF). and Accompanying photo


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