Orange Springs
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Orange Springs | |
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| Location | VA 629 E of jct. with US 522, Unionville, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°11′14″N 77°55′57″W / 38.18722°N 77.93250°WCoordinates: 38°11′14″N 77°55′57″W / 38.18722°N 77.93250°W |
| Area | 52 acres (21 ha) |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP Reference # | 90002134[1] |
| VLR # | 068-0066 |
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| Added to NRHP | February 27, 1992 |
| Designated VLR | June 19, 1990[2] |
Orange Springs is a historic home, farm complex, and former resort spa located near Unionville, Orange County, Virginia. The two-story, "L"-plan frame residence, was originally constructed in the 1790s as a tavern. It was converted shortly thereafter into a dining room and "dancing room" or ballroom for the spa complex. Orange Springs was in operation as a resort spa from the early 1790s until about 1850, after which the spa building was remodeled and enlarged for a family home. It features a two-story front porch supported by chamfered wooden piers with vernacular Doric order capitals. Also on the property are the contributing frame smokehouse topped with a pyramidal roof, dating from the period of the operation of the Orange Springs spa; a pit greenhouse; ice house; a granary, large barn, and cow shed built in 1916; and frame hen house (1908).[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ Ann L. Miller (May 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Orange Springs" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
