Lansdowne (Fredericksburg, Virginia)

Lansdowne, also known as Retreat Farm and Backus House, is a historic home located near Fredericksburg, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The property is very near the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. The original section was built about 1755, and enlarged in the early-19th century and in 1950. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay, side gable-roofed, double-pile, wood-framed dwelling. It features tall exterior chimneys. Also on the property are the contributing board-and-batten, side-gabled frame bank barn (1920s), a cinderblock spring house and cinderblock pumphouse with an early pump (c. 1950), the remnants of a mid-19th century historic formal landscape including terracing, and an historic road trace.^[3]

Lansdowne
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	4919 Lansdowne Rd., near Fredericksburg, Virginia
Coordinates	38°15′18″N 77°28′23″W
Area	12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built	c. 1755 (1755), c. 1820s, 1950
NRHP reference No.	12001270[1]
VLR No.	088-5375
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 5, 2013
Designated VLR	December 13, 2012[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.^[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/04/13 through 2/08/13. National Park Service. 2013-02-15.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
3. Carthon Davis, III; Curtis Backus, III (August 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lansdowne" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying eight photos