Locust Grove (Purcellville, Virginia) Explained

Locust Grove
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 6, 2006[1]
Designated Other1 Number:286-5017
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:200 Locust Grove Dr., Purcellville, Virginia
Coordinates:39.1331°N -77.7158°W
Built:c., 1837
Architecture:Federal, Greek Revival
Added:February 21, 2007
Refnum:07000083

Locust Grove is a historic home located at Purcellville, Loudoun County, Virginia. The house was built in two phases, one before 1817 and another in 1837. The original section is a single-pile, two-story structure built of fieldstone with a side gable roof in the Federal style. Attached to it is the later -story, three-bay, double-pile, fieldstone addition. The interior features Federal and Greek Revival style decorative details. Also on the property are the contributing stone spring house, a frame barn, a garage, a stone watering trough, and a stone chimney.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

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: Locust Grove . W. Scott Smith. May 2006 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos