Exeter (Leesburg, Virginia)
Exeter | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Nearest city | Leesburg, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°07′25″N 77°32′55″W / 39.12361°N 77.54861°W |
Area | 37 acres (15 ha) |
Built | 1790 |
Demolished | August 1980 |
NRHP reference No. | 73002032[1] |
VLR No. | 053-0077, 253-5019 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | August 14, 1973 |
Removed from NRHP | March 19, 2001 |
Exeter was a late 18th-century Georgian house near Leesburg, Virginia, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places from 1973 to August 1980, when it was destroyed by fire and subsequently de-listed from the National Register. The house and its dependencies were unusually elaborate for northern Virginia.
History
The house was built about 1790 by Dr. Wilson Cary Selden of the Selden family on a property that he had inherited from his first wife, Mary Mason Selden, who was a niece of George Mason. Selden and his second wife, Eleanor Love Selden, expanded the property as the centerpiece of a plantation. In 1835, Selden's son Wilson Cary Selden, Jr. inherited the property, but sold it in 1846 to General George Rust, who expanded the house to the rear. The property played a role in the American Civil War when the Battle of Ball's Bluff was fought on the plantation's lands, with Confederate General Jubal Early using the house as a headquarters. The house had fallen into disrepair by the 1970s, and was destroyed by fire in August 1980.[2]
Description
Exeter was a seven-part house. It was dominated by a two-story
Exeter was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 1973, and was de-listed after its destruction by fire in August 1980.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form" (PDF). Sites Removed from VLR & National Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^ "253-5019 Exeter *Delisted". Virginia Department of Historic Resou8rces. Retrieved March 29, 2021.