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Coordinates: 37°47′36″N 80°00′18″W / 37.79333°N 80.00500°W / 37.79333; -80.00500
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Luke Mountain Historic District
Luke Mountain Historic District is located in Virginia
Luke Mountain Historic District
Luke Mountain Historic District is located in the United States
Luke Mountain Historic District
LocationLuke Mountain Rd., near Covington, Virginia
Coordinates37°47′36″N 80°00′18″W / 37.79333°N 80.00500°W / 37.79333; -80.00500
Area100 acres (40 ha)
Built1916 (1916)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.98000737[1]
VLR No.003-5006
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 26, 1998
Designated VLRDecember 3, 1997[2]

Luke Mountain Historic District is a national historic district located near Covington, Alleghany County, Virginia. The district encompasses 12 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, 6 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object on Luke Mountain overlooking the city of Covington. It includes three high style dwellings all built for members of the Luke family, the earliest of which was built in 1919. Other contributing resources include the former farm manager's house; agricultural barns, shelters, greenhouses, and storage buildings; and domestic structures such as swimming pools and garages. Other landscape features include a winding entrance drive, a pair of gateposts, stone-lined drainage ditches, a concrete bridge/culvert over Lindsay Glen Run, a reservoir and private water system, terraced fields, pastureland, formal garden spaces, and walking/hiking paths.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "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 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Leslie A. Giles and I. Daniel Pezzoni (October 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Luke Mountain Historic District" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources., Accompanying two photos and Accompanying map


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