Three Hills (Warm Springs, Virginia) Explained

Three Hills
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 19, 2013[1]
Designated Other1 Number:008-0050
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:38.0456°N -79.7825°W
Architect:Carneal and Johnston
Architecture:Italian Renaissance, Colonial Revival
Added:December 24, 2013
Refnum:13000986[2]

Three Hills is a historic home located near Warm Springs, Bath County, Virginia. It was built in 1913, and is a -story, frame and stucco Italian Renaissance style dwelling. It consists of a central block with flanking two-story wings and rear additions. The house has a Colonial Revival style interior. The front facade features a single-story, flat-roofed portico. Also on the property are the contributing small formal boxwood garden, three frame and stucco, one-story cottages, and a stone and brick freestanding chimney. Three Hills was built by American novelist and women's rights advocate Mary Johnston (1870-1936), who lived and operated an inn there until her death.[3] J. Ambler Johnston, a young architect, distant relative of the writer and one of the founding partners of the Carneal and Johnston architectural firm (recently merged with Ballou Justice Upton), designed the house.

Another home of Johnston's listed on the National Register of Historic Places is Linden Row in Richmond.[4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[2]

Additional Reading

"Three Hills: The Home of Mary Johnston." Virginia Suffrage News, November 1, 1914. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=VSN19141101&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2014-01-03. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/23/13 through 12/27/13 . National Park Service.
  3. Web site: Ahead of her Time . Cox Bryan. Mollie . March 3, 2016. . Cape Fear Publishing. June 27, 2016 .
  4. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Three Hills . David Edwards and Peter Luebke. August 2013. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying six photos