Bloomsbury (Orange, Virginia)

Bloomsbury
Location Off VA 20 W of jct. with VA 600, near Orange, Virginia
Coordinates 38°15′23″N 78°3′33″W / 38.25639°N 78.05917°W / 38.25639; -78.05917Coordinates: 38°15′23″N 78°3′33″W / 38.25639°N 78.05917°W / 38.25639; -78.05917
Area 377 acres (153 ha)
Built c. 1720 (1720), c. 1797
Architectural style Colonial, Georgian, Southern Colonial
NRHP Reference # 92000044[1]
VLR # 068-0005
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 27, 1992
Designated VLR June 19, 1990[2]

Bloomsbury is a historic home located near Orange, Orange County, Virginia. The original section dates to the early- to mid-18th century, and is a 1 1/2-story, frame Colonial dwelling with a steep gable roof and "U"-plan stairway of a form unknown elsewhere in Virginia. It retains nearly all its original late-Georgian interior detailing. It was doubled in size about 1797, with a two-story Federal-period addition that stands at right angles to the original block and is flanked by early shed-roofed end wings. The house was restored in the 1960s. Also on the property are a contributing 19th-century smokehouse, a contributing 18th-century cemetery, and a contributing garden site.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "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. Jeffrey M. O'Dell (June 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bloomsbury" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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