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Forestville Historic District

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Built
  
c. 1736 (1736)-1945

NRHP Reference #
  
11000874

Area
  
77 ha

Architect
  
Multiple

VLR #
  
085-0405

Added to NRHP
  
30 November 2011

Forestville Historic District

Location
  
Junction of VA 42, VA 614 & VA 767, Forestville, Virginia

Architectural style
  
Late 19th And 20th Century Movements, Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne

Forestville historic district top 5 facts


The Forestville Historic District is a national historic district located at Forestville, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The district encompasses 84 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure in the 19th century mill village of Forestville. The vernacular buildings represent a variety of popular architectural styles including Greek Revival, Queen Anne, and Italianate. The buildings date from the late-18th to mid-20th centuries and primarily include log and wood-frame single dwellings, with domestic and agricultural dependencies, that dominate the district are substantiated by a gristmill, two commercial buildings. Also in the district are a church, a cemetery, a post office, two doctors' offices, and a school.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

References

Forestville Historic District Wikipedia