NRHP Reference # 70000807 and 02000531 Area 148 ha | VLR # 253-0035 | |
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Location Area of the original town centered at jct. of U.S. 15 and VA 9 (original); Roughly bounded by North, Union Sts., Morven park Rd., and Harrison St. (increase); in Leesburg, Virginia Built 1758 (original); 1757 (increase) Architect French, Daniel, III; et al. (increase) Architectural style Classical Revival, Greek Revival (original); Georgian, et al. (increase) | ||
The Leesburg Historic District in Leesburg, Virginia is a historic district that includes Classical Revival, Greek Revival, and Georgian architecture and dates back to 1757. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and its boundaries were increased in 2002.
In 2004, the Victorian era Second Empire - Italianate influenced Carlheim Mansion and 16-acre (65,000 m2) grounds (aka "Paxton") were added as a non-contiguous part of the Leesburg Historic District. The property is held in private trust and became the home of the Margaret Paxton Memorial Learning and Resource Campus, which includes the Aurora School, in November 2009.
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Leesburg Historic District (Leesburg, Virginia) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA