Virginia Manor (Natural Bridge, Virginia)

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Virginia Manor
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Location State Route 130, east of Natural Bridge Station, Virginia
Coordinates 37°37′05″N79°29′13″W / 37.61806°N 79.48694°W / 37.61806; -79.48694
Area33 acres (13 ha)
Builtc. 1800 (1800), 1856
NRHP reference No. 87001549 [1]
VLR No.081-0295
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 1987
Designated VLRMarch 17, 1987 [2]

Virginia Manor, also known as Glengyle, is a historic home located in Natural Bridge Station, Rockbridge County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1800. The house consists of a two-story center block with a one-story wing on each side and a two-story rear ell. The two-story, five-bay frame central section expanded the original log structure in 1856. Between 1897 and 1920, two one-story, one-room wings with bay windows were added to the east and west sides of the 1850s house. The property also includes a contributing two-story playhouse, a tenants' house, a stable, a spring house, a brick storage building, a smokehouse, a barn, a railroad waiting station, a dam, and a boatlock. The property was the summer home of George Stevens, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from 1900 to 1920. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]

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References

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  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Dianne Pierce (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Virginia Manor" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo