Bear's Den Rural Historic District
Bear's Den Rural Historic District
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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 |
Architect | Hummer, William E.; Clarke, Appleton |
Architectural style | Queen Anne, Bungalow/craftsman |
NRHP Reference # | 08001112[1] |
VLR # | 021-5010 |
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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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- Historic districts in Loudoun County, Virginia
- Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia
- Queen Anne architecture in Virginia
- Historic districts in Clarke County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Clarke County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Loudoun County, Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Clarke County, Virginia geography stubs
- Loudoun County, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs