Rose Hill (Front Royal, Virginia) Explained

Rose Hill
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 20, 1996[1]
Designated Other1 Number:112-0032
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:900 block of N. Royal Ave., Front Royal, Virginia
Coordinates:38.9303°N -78.1953°W
Built:, 1845
Architecture:Federal, Greek Revival
Added:May 23, 1996
Refnum:96000578

Rose Hill is a historic home located at Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia. The original section was built in 1830, and is a two-story, a central-passage, single-pile plan frame dwelling with vernacular design elements derived from the Federal style. A two-story, brick rear ell with vernacular Greek Revival design elements was added in 1845. The front facade features a one-story, one-bay, hip roofed, Greek-Revival-style porch with paired Doric order wooden columns. Also on the property are the contributing two-story frame cottage, probably built originally as a kitchen/slave quarters, and two frame sheds clad in novelty siding (c. 1937).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

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: Rose Hill . Maral S. Kalbian. December 1995. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo