Chapel Hill (Lexington, Virginia) Explained

Chapel Hill
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 17, 2011[1]
Designated Other1 Number:081-0521
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:68 Charming Ln., near Lexington, Virginia
Coordinates:37.7206°N -79.4117°W
Built:c., c. 1910
Architecture:Federal
Added:June 8, 2011
Refnum:11000350[2]

Chapel Hill is a historic home located near Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. It was built about 1842, and is a two-story, Federal style brick dwelling. It has a lower two-story rear wing with a brick first story and weatherboard-sided second story add about 1910. It features a molded cyma recta brick cornices below a metal sheathed side-gable roof. It has highly unusual vernacular mantels and a stone chimney from a former outbuilding.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2011-06-17. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/06/11 through 6/10/11. National Park Service. 2014-02-08. 2014-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222134729/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20110617.htm. dead.
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chapel Hill . J. Daniel Pezzoni and Lorna A. Smith. January 2011. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying eight photos