Virginia Manor (Natural Bridge, Virginia) Explained

Virginia Manor
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 17, 1987[1]
Designated Other1 Number:081-0295
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.6181°N -79.4869°W
Built:c., 1856
Added:September 10, 1987
Refnum:87001549

Virginia Manor, also known as Glengyle, is a historic home located in Natural Bridge Station, Rockbridge County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1800. The house consists of a two-story center block with a one-story wing on each side and a two-story rear ell. The two-story, five-bay frame central section expanded the original log structure in 1856. Between 1897 and 1920, two one-story, one-room wings with bay windows were added to the east and west sides of the 1850s house. The property also includes a contributing two-story playhouse, a tenants' house, a stable, a spring house, a brick storage building, a smokehouse, a barn, a railroad waiting station, a dam, and a boatlock. The property was the summer home of George Stevens, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from 1900 to 1920.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Virginia Manor. Dianne Pierce . December 1986. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo