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Mount Hope (New Baltimore, Virginia)

Coordinates: 38°47′36″N 77°43′58″W / 38.79333°N 77.73278°W / 38.79333; -77.73278
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Mount Hope
Mount Hope (New Baltimore, Virginia) is located in Northern Virginia
Mount Hope (New Baltimore, Virginia)
Mount Hope (New Baltimore, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Mount Hope (New Baltimore, Virginia)
Mount Hope (New Baltimore, Virginia) is located in the United States
Mount Hope (New Baltimore, Virginia)
Location6015 Georgetown Rd., near New Baltimore, Virginia
Coordinates38°47′36″N 77°43′58″W / 38.79333°N 77.73278°W / 38.79333; -77.73278
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1829 (1829)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.05001625[1]
VLR No.030-0778
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 1, 2006
Designated VLRDecember 7, 2005[2]

Mount Hope is a historic home located near New Baltimore, Fauquier County, Virginia. The house was built in four periods from the early-19th to early-20th centuries. The main dwelling is a 2 ½-story, three-bay, frame dwelling on a stone foundation and in the Greek Revival style. It features a double-story porch with a hipped roof and square wooden columns. Also on the property are the contributing bank barn, a machine shed, a smokehouse, and a spring house dating from the 19th century; an early-20th-century shed; a well; and the Hunton Family cemetery.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

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  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 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Anne Foos Whitelaw; Dale S. Hauck & Glen Ellen Alderton (September 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Hope" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying three photos