NRHP Reference # 00000489 Designated VLR December 8, 1993 Year built 1790 | VLR # 035-0412 Area 86.48 km² Added to NRHP 14 December 2000 | |
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Location Roughly bounded by U.S. Route 460 and State Routes 42, 601, 603, 604, 605, and 700, near Newport, Virginia Built by Moody, William Lewis, Jr.; Heyword E. Henderson Architectural style Greek Revival, Italianate, et al. | ||
Greater Newport Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Newport, Giles County, Virginia. It encompasses a total of 737 contributing buildings and 25 contributing structures in the rural area near the village of Newport. It encompasses the previously listed Newport Historic District. The district includes primarily 19th- and early-20th-century farmsteads and complexes. Notable buildings include the "Camper" Cabin (late 18th century), Albert Meredith Cabin (c. 1840), E. L. Lucas House (c. 1850), Moses Atkins House (1837), William Lafon House (1855), Doak Lucas House (1860), Leonard Kessinger House (1871), Martin Farrier House (1905), Steve and Lori Taylor House (1938), Upper Spruce Run School (1890), Clover Hollow Christian Church (1921), Sherry Memorial Church, Old Cook Mill (c. 1910), three standing diminutive Burr covered bridges, a smelting furnace (1871), the Mountain Lake Hotel Resort, and the Biological Station of the University of Virginia (1934).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.