NRHP Reference # 92000044 Designated VLR June 19, 1990 Added to NRHP 27 February 1992 | VLR # 068-0005 Area 153 ha | |
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Location Off VA 20 W of jct. with VA 600, near Orange, Virginia Built c. 1720 (1720), c. 1797 Architectural styles Georgian architecture, American Colonial | ||
Bloomsbury is a historic home located near Orange, Orange County, Virginia. The original section dates to the early- to mid-18th century, and is a 1 1/2-story, frame Colonial dwelling with a steep gable roof and "U"-plan stairway of a form unknown elsewhere in Virginia. It retains nearly all its original late-Georgian interior detailing. It was doubled in size about 1797, with a two-story Federal-period addition that stands at right angles to the original block and is flanked by early shed-roofed end wings. The house was restored in the 1960s. Also on the property are a contributing 19th-century smokehouse, a contributing 18th-century cemetery, and a contributing garden site.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.