Mount Ida (Scottsville, Virginia) Explained

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.

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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 Form: Mount Ida . Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. Lisa Marie Tucker. June 1998. and Accompanying photo