Green Springs National Historic Landmark District
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Green Springs National Historic Landmark District is a national historic district in Louisa County, Virginia noted for its concentration of fine rural manor houses and related buildings in an intact agricultural landscape. Admitted to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, it became the first rural National Landmark Historic district.[3] Named for one of the historic manor houses (itself named for a spring known to Thomas Jefferson who grew up and lived in Albemarle County nearby), the district comprises 14,000 acres (5,700 ha) of fertile land, contrasting with the more typical poor soil and scrub pinelands surrounding it.
Green Springs Historic District | |
Location | Louisa County, Virginia, USA |
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Nearest city | Zion Crossroads, Virginia |
Coordinates | 38°1′23″N 78°9′55″W |
Area | 14,004 acres (5,667 ha) 5,766.04 federal easements 56.67 km2 |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate, Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 73002036[1] |
VLR No. | 054-0111 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 07, 1973 |
Designated VLR | February 20, 1973[2] |