Mount Airy (Leesville, Virginia) Explained

Mount Airy
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:October 16, 1990[1]
Designated Other1 Number:009-0221
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Jct. of VA 630 and VA 631, Leesville, Virginia
Coordinates:37.1053°N -79.4169°W
Built:c. –1800
Architecture:Federal
Added:December 19, 1990
Refnum:90001823

Mount Airy is a historic home located in Bedford County, Virginia, near Leesville. It was built between about 1797 and 1800, and is a two-story, frame, hall-parlor plan house from the Federal period. It has a gable roof and exterior end chimneys. The house received several additions to the side and rear and the front entrance was altered about 1910. The interior retains most of its early woodwork, including a handsomely paneled hall. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse and family cemetery.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Airy . Catherine Pedigo . Joe Yates . John Salmon . Julie Vosmik . amp . September 1990. and Accompanying photo