Blenheim (Spring Mills, Virginia)

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Blenheim
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Location2.4 mi. SW of Spring Mills, near Spring Mills, Virginia
Coordinates 37°13′15″N78°57′7″W / 37.22083°N 78.95194°W / 37.22083; -78.95194 Coordinates: 37°13′15″N78°57′7″W / 37.22083°N 78.95194°W / 37.22083; -78.95194
Area334 acres (135 ha)
Builtc. 1828 (1828)
Architectural styleCentral-passage I
NRHP reference No. 79003033, 94000457 (Boundary Increase) [1]
VLR No.015-0066
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 31, 1979, May 26, 1994 (Boundary Increase)
Designated VLRFebruary 15, 1977, March 10, 1994 [2]

Blenheim is a historic home located near Spring Mills, in Campbell County, Virginia. It was built about 1828, and is a 1+12-story, five-bay, single-pile, frame I-house dwelling on a brick basement. It is sheathed with beaded weatherboards and covered with a standing-seam sheet metal roof broken by three pedimented dormers. The interior features elaborate, provincially conceived but skillfully executed, woodwork. Also on the property is a contributing late-19th century frame stable. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, with a boundary increase in 1994. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (January 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blenheim" (PDF)., Calder Loth (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blenheim Amendment" (PDF)., and Accompanying photo