Blenheim (Spring Mills, Virginia)
Blenheim is a historic home located near Spring Mills, in Campbell County, Virginia. It was built about 1828, and is a 1 1/2-story, five-bay, single-pile, frame I-house dwelling on a brick basement. It is sheathed with beaded weatherboards and covered with a standing-seam sheet metal roof broken by three pedimented dormers. The interior features elaborate, provincially conceived but skillfully executed, woodwork. Also on the property is a contributing late-19th century frame stable.[3]
Blenheim | |
 Entrance to the property | |
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| Location | 2.4 mi. SW of Spring Mills, near Spring Mills, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°13′15″N 78°57′7″W |
| Area | 334 acres (135 ha) |
| Built | c. 1828 |
| Architectural style | Central-passage I |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003033, 94000457 (Boundary Increase)[1] |
| VLR No. | 015-0066 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 31, 1979, May 26, 1994 (Boundary Increase) |
| Designated VLR | February 15, 1977, March 10, 1994[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, with a boundary increase in 1994.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (January 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blenheim" (PDF)., Calder Loth (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blenheim Amendment" (PDF)., and Accompanying photo
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