Mt. Atlas (Haymarket, Virginia)
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Mt. Atlas | |
![]() Mount Atlas, HABS Photo | |
Location | 4105 Mt. Atlas Ln., near Haymarket, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°52′6″N 77°39′47″W / 38.86833°N 77.66306°W |
Area | 8.2 acres (3.3 ha) |
Built | c. 1795 |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Late Victorian, Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 89001799[1] |
VLR No. | 076-0015 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 30, 1989 |
Designated VLR | December 13, 1988 [2] |
Mt. Atlas is a historic home and national historic district located near Haymarket, Virginia, United States. It was built about 1795 and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay, Georgian style, frame dwelling with a single-pile, side hall plan. It has a 1+1⁄2-story rear ell dated to the late-19th century and a two bay front porch. The house features a single exterior stone chimney, a metal gable roof, and a molded, boxed cornice with modillions. Also included in the district are a smokehouse and the sites of the former kitchen and a carriage house.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
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Now abandoned
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 June 5, 2013.
- ^ William T. Frazier and George W. Polhill, Jr. (July 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mt. Atlas" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
External links
[edit]- Mount Atlas, State Route 731 vicinity, Waterfall, Prince William County, VA: 3 photos, 3 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
Categories:
- Georgian architecture in Virginia
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1795
- Houses in Prince William County, Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Prince William County, Virginia
- Neoclassical architecture in Virginia
- Victorian architecture in Virginia
- Northern Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Prince William County, Virginia geography stubs