Mount Pleasant

292 Hite Ln., Strasburg, Virginia. County/parish: Shenandoah.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 18, 2011. NRIS 11000553.

7 contributing buildings. 2 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • DHR File No. 085-0072

From Wikipedia:

Mount Pleasant (Strasburg, Virginia)

Mount Pleasant is a historic home located near Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. It was built in 1812, and is a 2+12-story, five-bay, brick Federal style dwelling. The four-bay, one-story southeastern wing, constructed of dressed-rubble limestone, was probably built about 1790. It was renovated in the 1930s and in 1979. Also on the property are the contributing brick, pyramidal-roofed smokehouse (c. 1812); a large, frame, bank barn (c. 1890–1900); a frame wagon shed/corn crib (c. 1920); a frame tenant house and garage (c. 1920); an old well, no longer in use, with a circular stone wall and gable-roofed frame superstructure (c. 1920); a substantial, brick, gable-roofed, one-story garage (c. 1930); and the original road configuration from about 1790.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683587

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