Rocky Mills
Rocky Mills | |
 North Face of Fairfield in 2023 | |
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| Nearest city | 211 Ross Road Richmond, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°33′56″N 77°33′14″W / 37.56556°N 77.55389°W |
| Area | 7.8 acres (3.2 ha) |
| Built | c. 1750 Relocated 1928 |
| Architect | H. Louis Duhring Jr. |
| Architectural style | Georgian Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000513[1] |
| VLR No. | 043-0005 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 13, 2002 |
| Designated VLR | December 5, 2001[2] |
Rocky Mills, built c. 1750, was a Georgian mansion in Hanover County, Virginia. Disassembled and relocated about 21 miles to Henrico County, Virginia in 1928, it was reassembled and expanded by architect H. Louis Duhring Jr.
The woodwork and paneling of its rooms is particularly fine.
Now renamed "Fairfield," the property, including four
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Calder Loth and John G. Zehmer (September 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Rocky Mills / Fairfield" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. Retrieved 2010-05-08. and Accompanying photo at Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, undated
Further reading
- Rocky Mills Mansion, 211 Ross Road (moved from Ashland vicinity, VA), Richmond, Independent City, VA at the Historic American Buildings Survey(HABS)
