Mulberry Grove (Brownsburg, Virginia)

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Mulberry Grove
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LocationSouthern side of Sterrett Road, 5000 feet southeast of its junction with State Route 252 at Brownsburg, Virginia
Coordinates 37°55′24″N79°18′22″W / 37.92333°N 79.30611°W / 37.92333; -79.30611
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Builtc. 1790 (1790)
Architectural styleFederal, Vernacular Federal
NRHP reference No. 94000761 [1]
VLR No.081-0044
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 28, 1994
Designated VLRApril 20, 1994 [2]

Mulberry Grove is a historic home located near Brownsburg, Rockbridge County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1790, and later expanded in the 1820s to a two-story, three-bay, brick and frame Federal style dwelling. It has a side gable roof and two chimneys at the northeast end and one brick chimney near the southwest end. A frame stair hall was added about 1828 and brick wings were added at each end about 1840. The property includes a contributing log meat house and a double-pen log barn. The house was built for William Houston, a relative of the Texas pioneer and Rockbridge County native, Sam Houston. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places 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. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Mary Sterrett Lipacomb (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mulberry Grove" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo