Greenwood (Culpeper, Virginia) Explained

Greenwood
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:January 18, 1983[1]
Designated Other1 Number:204-0070
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:1931 Orange Rd., Culpeper, Virginia
Coordinates:38.4542°N -78.0006°W
Architecture:Hall Parlor plan
Added:November 22, 1985
Refnum:85002914

Greenwood is a historic plantation house located at Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia. It consists of a -story, three-bay, center block dating to the late-18th or early-19th century, with one-story wings dated to 1823–1824. The original section has a hall-parlor plan dwelling. In 1825, Greenwood received as visitors the Marquis de Lafayette and former President James Monroe during Lafayette's celebrated tour as "guest of the nation." During the American Civil War Federal troops occupied the house and plantation and placed a cannon on the lawn.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

External links

1 photo at Historic American Buildings Survey

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: Greenwood . Ann L. Miller . September 1982. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo