Greenway Historic District Explained

Greenway Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:August 18, 1993, December 4, 1996, September 5, 2007[1]
Designated Other1 Number:021-0963
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Roughly bounded by the Shenandoah R., the Warren Co. line, Virginia 340 and VA 618; E side of VA 255, approximately .2 mi. N of jct. with VA 723, Boyce, Virginia
Coordinates:39.0539°N -78.0503°W
Architecture:Mid 19th Century Revival, Early Republic, Colonial
Added:November 4, 1993, February 21, 1997 (Boundary Increase), October 30, 2007 (Boundary Increase)
Refnum:93001133, 97000154, 07001135

Greenway Historic District is a national historic district located near Boyce, Clarke County, Virginia. It encompasses 432 contributing buildings, 23 contributing sites, and 35 contributing structures. The districts includes the agricultural landscape and architectural resources of an area distinctively rural that contains numerous large antebellum estates. The district contributing buildings are primarily farm and estate residences and their associated outbuildings. Other contributing buildings include three schools, five churches, two mills, a gas station, a restaurant, and a railroad station. The contributing structures are mostly corncribs and the contributing sites are mainly cemeteries and ruins of historic buildings. The district contains ten individual properties and two historic districts already listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and National Register of Historic Places.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, with boundary increases in 1997 and 2007.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Greenway Historic District. Maral S. Kalbian . July 1993 . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission.
    Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Greenway Historic District. Maral S. Kalbian . September 1996 . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. ; Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Greenway Historic District. Maral S. Kalbian . May 2007 . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map