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Casa Maria

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Area
  
6.5 acres (2.6 ha)

NRHP Reference #
  
90001999

Built
  
1921 (1921)-1922, 1928

Casa Maria

Location
  
VA 691 south of the junction with US 250, near Greenwood, Virginia

Architect
  
Gillette, Charles F.; Bottomley, William L.

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival, Mission/spanish Revival, Georgian Revival

Casa Maria is a historic estate located near Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia. The main house was built 1921-1922 in the Spanish-Mediterranean style with a two-story brick addition that dates from 1928 and was designed by William Lawrence Bottomley. The main house consists of two perpendicular, 2 1/2-story, stucco wings with a low-pitched hipped roof and low roof hidden by a parapet. It features an enclosed garden with stuccoed walls, arched entrances,and brick paving is located in the angle of the two wings. Also on the property are two Spanish style stuccoed servant's quarters with decorative metal grilles and tile roofs, and several smaller outbuildings. The gardens were designed by noted landscape architect Charles Gillette.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

References

Casa Maria Wikipedia