Windsor (Cascade, Virginia) Explained

Windsor
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:April 15, 1980[1]
Designated Other1 Number:071-0035
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Architecture:Italianate, Georgian
Added:July 30, 1980
Refnum:80004211

Windsor is a historic plantation complex located near Cascade, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States. The house was completed in 1862, and is a two-story, five-bay Georgian style brick dwelling, with Italianate style ornamentation. It has a shallow hipped roof and double-pile, central-hall plan. The main section is flanked by one-story, one bay wings. Also on the property are the contributing original school / playhouse, kitchen, smoke house, laundry, gas house, two slave houses, and a spring house, barn / horse stable, Gris Mill.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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: Windsor . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. April 1980. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo