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Spring Bank (Lunenburg Courthouse, Virginia)

Coordinates: 36°52′12″N 78°24′38″W / 36.87000°N 78.41056°W / 36.87000; -78.41056
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Spring Bank
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Spring Bank (Lunenburg Courthouse, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Spring Bank (Lunenburg Courthouse, Virginia)
Spring Bank (Lunenburg Courthouse, Virginia) is located in the United States
Spring Bank (Lunenburg Courthouse, Virginia)
Location1070 Courthouse Rd., near Lunenburg, Virginia
Coordinates36°52′12″N 78°24′38″W / 36.87000°N 78.41056°W / 36.87000; -78.41056
Area150 acres (61 ha)
Builtc. 1793 (1793)
Built byJacob Shelor; John Inge
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.07000825[1]
VLR No.055-0017
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 16, 2007
Designated VLRJune 6, 2007[2]

Spring Bank, also known as Ravenscroft and Magnolia Grove, is a historic plantation house located near Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Virginia. It was built about 1793, and is a five-part Palladian plan frame dwelling in the Late Georgian style. It is composed of a two-story, three-bay center block flanked by one-story, one-bay, hipped roof wings with one-story, one-bay shed-roofed wings at the ends. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse, a log slave quarter, and frame tobacco barn, and the remains of late-18th or early-19th century dependencies, including a kitchen/laundry, ice house, spring house, and a dam. Also located on the property are a family cemetery and two other burial grounds. It was built by John Stark Ravenscroft (1772–1830), who became the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, serving from 1823 to 1830.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[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. ^ Kimberly M. Chen and Hannah Collins (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Spring Bank" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo