Greenway Historic District

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Greenway Historic District
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LocationRoughly bounded by the Shenandoah R., the Warren Co. line, Virginia 340 and VA 618; E side of VA 255, approximately .2 mi. N of jct. with VA 723, Boyce, Virginia
Coordinates 39°3′14″N78°3′1″W / 39.05389°N 78.05028°W / 39.05389; -78.05028
Area19,109 acres (7,733 ha)
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival, Early Republic, Colonial
NRHP reference No. 93001133, 97000154, 07001135 [1]
VLR No.021-0963
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 4, 1993, February 21, 1997 (Boundary Increase), October 30, 2007 (Boundary Increase)
Designated VLRAugust 18, 1993, December 4, 1996, September 5, 2007 [2]

Greenway Historic District is a national historic district located near Boyce, Clarke County, Virginia. It encompasses 432 contributing buildings, 23 contributing sites, and 35 contributing structures. The districts includes the agricultural landscape and architectural resources of an area distinctively rural that contains numerous large antebellum estates. The district contributing buildings are primarily farm and estate residences and their associated outbuildings. Other contributing buildings include three schools, five churches, two mills, a gas station, a restaurant, and a railroad station. The contributing structures are mostly corncribs and the contributing sites are mainly cemeteries and ruins of historic buildings. The district contains ten individual properties and two historic districts already listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and National Register of Historic Places. [3]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, with boundary increases in 1997 and 2007. [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. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. Maral S. Kalbian (July 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Greenway Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission.; Maral S. Kalbian (September 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Greenway Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission.; Maral S. Kalbian (May 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Greenway Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map