Bear's Den Rural Historic District

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Bear's Den Rural Historic District
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Bear's Den Rural Historic District is located in Virginia
Bear's Den Rural Historic District
Location Generally runs along both side of ridge along parts of Raven Rocks and Blue Ridge Mtn. Rds., Bluemont, Virginia
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Area 1,855 acres (751 ha)
Built 1890 (1890)
Architect Hummer, William E.; Clarke, Appleton
Architectural style Queen Anne, Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP Reference # 08001112[1]
VLR # 021-5010
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 14, 2009
Designated VLR September 18, 2008[2]

Bear's Den Rural Historic District is a national historic district located at Bluemont, Clarke County and Loudoun County, Virginia. It encompasses 152 contributing buildings, 12 contributing sites, 8 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object. The district includes a collection of late-19th- and early-20th-century dwellings that were constructed primarily as summer homes by wealthy Washingtonians who were attracted by the mountain’s cooler summer climate. Their architecture reflects a number of popular styles, primarily American Craftsman / Bungalow, Colonial Revival, and Queen Anne styles. Other contributing buildings include: farm outbuildings such as barns and stables; domestic outbuildings such as spring houses, meat houses, guest cottages, root cellars, and garages; a former school; and a former church. The contributing sites include the ruins of buildings; including picnic shelters, above-ground cisterns, an old road bed; and the contributing object is a county boundary marker.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

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