Mount Hope (New Baltimore, Virginia) Explained

Mount Hope
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 7, 2005[1]
Designated Other1 Number:030-0778
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:6015 Georgetown Rd., near New Baltimore, Virginia
Coordinates:38.7933°N -77.7328°W
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:February 1, 2006
Refnum:05001625

Mount Hope is a historic home located near New Baltimore, Fauquier County, Virginia. The house was built in four periods from the early-19th to early-20th centuries. The main dwelling is a 2 ½-story, three-bay, frame dwelling on a stone foundation and in the Greek Revival style. It features a double-story porch with a hipped roof and square wooden columns. Also on the property are the contributing bank barn, a machine shed, a smokehouse, and a spring house dating from the 19th century; an early-20th-century shed; a well; and the Hunton Family cemetery.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

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: Mount Hope . Anne Foos Whitelaw . Dale S. Hauck . Glen Ellen Alderton . amp . September 2005. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying three photos