Mulberry Grove (Brownsburg, Virginia) Explained

Mulberry Grove
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:April 20, 1994[1]
Designated Other1 Number:081-0044
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.9233°N -79.3061°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Federal, Vernacular Federal
Added:July 28, 1994
Refnum:94000761

Mulberry Grove is a historic home located near Brownsburg, Rockbridge County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1790, and later expanded in the 1820s to a two-story, three-bay, brick and frame Federal style dwelling. It has a side gable roof and two chimneys at the northeast end and one brick chimney near the southwest end. A frame stair hall was added about 1828 and brick wings were added at each end about 1840. The property includes a contributing log meat house and a double-pen log barn. The house was built for William Houston, a relative of the Texas pioneer and Rockbridge County native, Sam Houston.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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: Mulberry Grove. Mary Sterrett Lipacomb . January 1994. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo