Rocklands is a historic home and farm complex located near Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia. The house was built about 1905, and underwent a major renovation under the direction of William Lawrence Bottomley in 1933–1935. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, Georgian Revival style brick dwelling with a hipped roof. The front facade features a monumental Ionic order hexastyle portico. Also on the property are the contributing guest house (c. 1905, 1935); a small service court designed by Bottomley and consisting of a garage, servant's house, woodshed, and tunnel; a 19th-century coach barn of wood-frame construction; the mid-19th century farm manager's house; Spencer Neale, Jr., Residence (c. 1900); bank barn (c. 1910); and a brick house (1822).[3]
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| Location | N of Gordonsville on VA 231, near Gordonsville, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°10′36″N 78°11′16″W / 38.17667°N 78.18778°W |
| Area | 1,000.7 acres (405.0 ha) |
| Built | c. 1905, 1933-1935 |
| Architect | Bottomley, William L.; Innocenti, Umberto |
| Architectural style | Georgian Revival, Federal, Adamesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004578[1] |
| VLR No. | 068-0181 |
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| Added to NRHP | September 23, 1982 |
| Designated VLR | July 20, 1982[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[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.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (July 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rocklands" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos