NRHP Reference # 98000737 Designated VLR December 3, 1997 Year built 1916 | VLR # 003-5006 Area 40 ha Added to NRHP 26 June 1998 | |
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Location Luke Mountain Rd., near Covington, Virginia Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman, Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival | ||
Luke Mountain Historic District is a national historic district located near Covington, Alleghany County, Virginia. The district encompasses 12 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, 6 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object on Luke Mountain overlooking the city of Covington. It includes three high style dwellings all built for members of the Luke family, the earliest of which was built in 1919. Other contributing resources include the former farm manager's house; agricultural barns, shelters, greenhouses, and storage buildings; and domestic structures such as swimming pools and garages. Other landscape features include a winding entrance drive, a pair of gateposts, stone-lined drainage ditches, a concrete bridge/culvert over Lindsay Glen Run, a reservoir and private water system, terraced fields, pastureland, formal garden spaces, and walking/hiking paths.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.