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Madison Barbour Rural Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
90002115

Designated VLR
  
July 21, 1987

Added to NRHP
  
17 January 1991

VLR #
  
068-0304

Area
  
126.3 kmĀ²

Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by US 15, the Rapidan R. and the Albemarle and Greene County lines, Barboursville, Virginia

Architect
  
Jefferson, Thomas; Et al.

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival, Georgian, Federal

Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Barboursville, Orange County, Virginia. It encompasses 775 contributing buildings, 233 contributing sites, 111 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object. The district is best known for its large estates with imposing Federal and Georgian-style mansions, but also contains exemplary groupings of agricultural buildings, vernacular dwellings, and locally significant religious, commercial, and transportation-related structures. Located in the district are the separately listed Barboursville and Montpelier.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

References

Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District Wikipedia