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Mount Walla

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Architectural style
  
Federal, Greek Revival

VLR #
  
298-0009

Area
  
5 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
00001442

Designated VLR
  
September 13, 2000

Added to NRHP
  
22 November 2000

Mount Walla

Location
  
604 Poplar Spring Rd., near Scottsville, Virginia

Built
  
c. 1820-1840, 1836 (1836)

Mount Walla is a historic home located near Scottsville, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built about 1820 and 1840, and is a 1 1/2-story, hall and parlor plan frame Federal-style dwelling. The house received a series of additions during the second half of the 20th century, more than doubling its size. Also on the property is a contributing smokehouse. The property also includes a family cemetery with Victorian iron fence. In 1836, the property was purchased by Peter Field Jefferson, grandnephew of the president.

The property is located in the Scottsville Historic District, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It

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Mount Walla Wikipedia