Virginia Manor (Natural Bridge, Virginia)

Virginia Manor
Location VA 130, near Natural Bridge, Virginia
Coordinates 37°37′05″N 79°29′13″W / 37.61806°N 79.48694°WCoordinates: 37°37′05″N 79°29′13″W / 37.61806°N 79.48694°W
Area 33 acres (13 ha)
Built c. 1800, 1856
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 87001549[1]
VLR # 081-0295
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 10, 1987
Designated VLR March 17, 1987[2]

Virginia Manor, also known as Glengyle, is a historic home located near Natural Bridge, 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 Railroad from 1900 to 1920.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Dianne Pierce (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Virginia Manor". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo