Rockwood (Montpelier Station, Virginia)

Rockwood
Location 12225 Chicken Mountain Rd., near Montpelier Station, Virginia
Coordinates 38°12′31″N 78°9′40″W / 38.20861°N 78.16111°W / 38.20861; -78.16111Coordinates: 38°12′31″N 78°9′40″W / 38.20861°N 78.16111°W / 38.20861; -78.16111
Area 296.5 acres (120.0 ha)
Built 1848
Architectural style Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference # 01000695[1]
VLR # 068-0051
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 5, 2001
Designated VLR March 14, 2001[2]

Rockwood is a historic house located in the vicinity of Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia. It was built in 1848 and is a 2 1/2-story frame house which was designed in a blend of the Gothic Revival and Greek Revival styles. The house sits on a brick English basement and has an offset sharply pitched cross-gable roof.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 2001.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Anne Brooking Stelter (January 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rockwood" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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