Chapel Hill (Lexington, Virginia)

Chapel Hill
Location 68 Charming Ln., near Lexington, Virginia
Coordinates 37°43′14″N 79°24′42″W / 37.72056°N 79.41167°W / 37.72056; -79.41167Coordinates: 37°43′14″N 79°24′42″W / 37.72056°N 79.41167°W / 37.72056; -79.41167
Area 2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Built c. 1842 (1842), c. 1910
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 11000350[1]
VLR # 081-0521
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 8, 2011
Designated VLR March 17, 2011[2]

Chapel Hill is a historic home located near Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. It was built about 1842, and is a two-story, Federal style brick dwelling. It has a lower two-story rear wing with a brick first story and weatherboard-sided second story add about 1910. It features a molded cyma recta brick cornices below a metal sheathed side-gable roof. It has highly unusual vernacular mantels and a stone chimney from a former outbuilding.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/06/11 through 6/10/11. National Park Service. 2011-06-17.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. J. Daniel Pezzoni and Lorna A. Smith (January 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chapel Hill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying eight photos


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