Lewis Mountain
Lewis Mountain | |
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Location | 1 Lewis Mountain Pkwy, near Charlottesville, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°2′29″N 78°31′19″W / 38.04139°N 78.52194°WCoordinates: 38°2′29″N 78°31′19″W / 38.04139°N 78.52194°W |
Area | 42.3 acres (17.1 ha) |
Built | 1909 | -1912
Architect | Eugene Bradbury, Warren H. Manning |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 09001052[1] |
VLR No. | 002-0923 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 7, 2009 |
Designated VLR | September 17, 2009[2] |
Lewis Mountain, also known as Onteora, is a historic home located near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was designed in 1909, and completed in 1912. The house is a three-part plan granite dwelling, consisting of a nearly square center section flanked by one-story, flat-roofed wings in the Colonial Revival style. It features a massive wooden cornice employing a simplified version of the Roman Doric order of Vignola, a deck-on-hip roof with pedimented dormers at its base, and a portico with four Doric order columns. It also has a one-story, tetrastyle Tuscan portico that serves as a porte cochere. The steeply sloped property features a landscape designed by Warren H. Manning with a series of three terraces with tall dry-laid stone retaining walls.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[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 2013-05-12.
- ^ Calder Loth (July 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lewis Mountain" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1912
- Houses in Albemarle County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Albemarle County, Virginia
- 1912 establishments in Virginia
- Albemarle County, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs