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]
Mulberry Grove | |
![]() Front of the house | |
Location | Southern side of Sterrett Road, 5000 feet southeast of its junction with State Route 252 at Brownsburg, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°55′24″N 79°18′22″W / 37.92333°N 79.30611°W |
Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
Built | c. 1790 |
Architectural style | Federal, Vernacular Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 94000761[1] |
VLR No. | 081-0044 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 28, 1994 |
Designated VLR | April 20, 1994[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Mary Sterrett Lipacomb (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mulberry Grove" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo