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Virginia Manor (Natural Bridge, Virginia)

Coordinates: 37°37′05″N 79°29′13″W / 37.61806°N 79.48694°W / 37.61806; -79.48694
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Virginia Manor
Entrance to the manor
Virginia Manor (Natural Bridge, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Virginia Manor (Natural Bridge, Virginia)
Virginia Manor (Natural Bridge, Virginia) is located in the United States
Virginia Manor (Natural Bridge, Virginia)
LocationState Route 130, east of Natural Bridge Station, Virginia
Coordinates37°37′05″N 79°29′13″W / 37.61806°N 79.48694°W / 37.61806; -79.48694
Area33 acres (13 ha)
Builtc. 1800 (1800), 1856
NRHP reference No.87001549[1]
VLR No.081-0295
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 1987
Designated VLRMarch 17, 1987[2]

Virginia Manor, also known as Glengyle, is a historic home located in Natural Bridge Station, Rockbridge County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1800. The house consists of a two-story center block with a one-story wing on each side and a two-story rear ell. The two-story, five-bay frame central section expanded the original log structure in 1856. Between 1897 and 1920, two one-story, one-room wings with bay windows were added to the east and west sides of the 1850s house. The property also includes a contributing two-story playhouse, a tenants' house, a stable, a spring house, a brick storage building, a smokehouse, a barn, a railroad waiting station, a dam, and a boatlock. The property was the summer home of George Stevens, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from 1900 to 1920.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[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. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Dianne Pierce (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Virginia Manor" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo