Windsor (Cascade, Virginia)

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Windsor
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Seen from Mountain Run Road
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Nearest city Cascade, Virginia
Area38 acres (15 ha)
Built1862 (1862)
Architectural styleItalianate, Georgian
NRHP reference No. 80004211 [1]
VLR No.071-0035
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 30, 1980
Designated VLRApril 15, 1980 [2]

Windsor is a historic plantation complex located near Cascade, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States. The house was completed in 1862, and is a two-story, five-bay Georgian style brick dwelling, with Italianate style ornamentation. It has a shallow hipped roof and double-pile, central-hall plan. The main section is flanked by one-story, one bay wings. Also on the property are the contributing original school / playhouse, kitchen, smoke house, laundry, gas house, two slave houses, and a spring house, barn / horse stable, Gris Mill. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [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. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (April 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Windsor" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo