Blue Ridge Farm (Greenwood, Virginia) Explained

Blue Ridge Farm
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:February 20, 1990[1]
Designated Other1 Number:002-0498
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:38.0411°N -78.7389°W
Built:-1924
Architect:Bottomley, William Lawrence; Gillette, Charles F.
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
Added:January 25, 1991
Refnum:90002163

Blue Ridge Farm, also known as Alton Park, is a historic estate located near Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia. The main residence consists of a 2 1/2-half-story, five-bay brick center section built in the mid-19th century, with two asymmetrical brick wings designed by William Lawrence Bottomley and added in 1923–1924. The center section has a steeply pitched gambrel roof with a balustraded deck and parapet ends. The exterior and nearly all of the interior appointments are executed in the Georgian Revival style. The gardens were designed by noted landscape architect Charles Gillette.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm#. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blue Ridge Farm . Geoffrey B. Henry. n.d.. and Accompanying three photos