Chapel Hill (Mint Spring, Virginia) Explained

Chapel Hill
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:July 18, 1978[1]
Designated Other1 Number:007-0012
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:White Hill Road southeast of Mint Spring, Virginia
Coordinates:38.0669°N -79.0731°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Federal
Added:November 16, 1978
Refnum:78003006

Chapel Hill is a historic home located near Mint Spring, Augusta County, Virginia. It was built about 1834, and is a two-story, three-bay, brick I-house dwelling in the Federal style. The front facade features a central pedimented pavilion with an elliptical fanlight over the doorway and another in the pediment. The interior features French scenic wallpaper, graining and marbleizing. Also on the property are the contributing frame office with some Gothic details, a pyramidal-roofed frame smokehouse, and a gable-roofed dairy.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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: Chapel Hill. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. May 1978. and Accompanying photo