Southwest Mountains Rural Historic District

Historic district in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Southwest Mountains Rural Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register

Farmhouse at Keswick Vineyards, built 1911
38°05′06″N 78°19′06″W / 38.08500°N 78.31833°W / 38.08500; -78.31833
Area	31,975 acres (12,940 ha)
Architect	William Strickland, et al.
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate, Federal
NRHP reference No.	92000054^[1]
VLR No.	002-1832
Added to NRHP	February 27, 1992
Designated VLR	August 21, 1991^[2]

Southwest Mountains Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Keswick, Albemarle County, Virginia. The district encompasses 854 contributing buildings, 73 contributing sites, 30 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object. It includes a variety of large farms, historic villages, and crossroads communities. The area is known primarily for its large and imposing Federal, Greek Revival, and Georgian Revival plantation houses and country estates. It features a broad range of architecture—mainly domestic and farm-related—from the late 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

References

^ ^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 May 12, 2013.
^ Land and Community Associates and Department of Historic Resources (July 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Southwest Mountains Rural Historic District" (PDF)., Accompanying photo, and Accompanying map