VA 631 N side, 2000 ft. E of jct. with US 11, Lexington, Virginia. County/parish: Rockbridge.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 22, 1994. NRIS 94000778.
3 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Clifton is a historic home located near Lexington, Virginia, United States. The house was built about 1815, and is a two-story, seven-bay, Federal style brick dwelling. It has a side-gable roof and four chimneys. A two-story portico replaced an earlier Victorian portico in the 1980s. The property includes the contributing small stone servant's quarters or foreman's house and a wooden icehouse.
The address is 205 Old Buena Vista Road. It was built by Major John Alexander and overlooks the Maury River. Washington and Lee rowing teams would race at this location in the late 1800s.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683380