Mount Ida | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | October 14, 1986[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 002-5001 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | East of VA 795, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Scottsville, near Scottsville, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 37.8494°N -78.4903°W |
Built: | c. –1805 |
Architecture: | Federal |
Added: | April 27, 1987 |
Refnum: | 87000624 |
Mount Ida is a historic home located near Scottsville, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built between about 1785 and 1805, and is a two-story, five-bay frame plantation house. It has a one-bay west wing. The interior features a parlor with elaborately carved paneling. The house was moved to a 422.65-acre site, with an elevated knoll located along a bend in the Hardware River, in 1995.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.