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Montpelier (Sperryville, Virginia)

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Built
  
c. 1750 (1750)

VLR #
  
078-0028

Area
  
162 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
73002052

Designated VLR
  
January 16, 1973

Added to NRHP
  
11 April 1973

Montpelier (Sperryville, Virginia) rappnewscomwpcontentuploads201204montpelier

Location
  
South of Sperryville on VA 231, near Sperryville, Virginia

Montpelier is a historic plantation house located near Sperryville, Rappahannock County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1750, and is a two-story, 11 bay, stuccoed stone and brick dwelling with a side gable roof. It consists of a five-bay main block with north and south three bay wings. It features a two-story verandah stretching the entire length of the house with eight large provincial Tuscan order columns. The property also includes the contributing smokehouse, storage house, and a frame cabin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

From 2004 to 2009, Montpelier was owned by English conservative philosopher Sir Roger Scruton.

References

Montpelier (Sperryville, Virginia) Wikipedia