Montpelier (Sperryville, Virginia)

	Montpelier
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Virginia Landmarks Register
	Montpelier in May 2016
Location	South of Sperryville on VA 231, near Sperryville, Virginia
Coordinates	38°35′16″N 78°13′48″W / 38.58778°N 78.23000°W
Area	400 acres (160 ha)
Built	c. 1750
NRHP reference No.	73002052
VLR No.	078-0028
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1973
Designated VLR	January 16, 1973

Montpelier is a historic plantation house located near Sperryville, Rappahannock County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1750, and is a two-story, 11 bay, stuccoed stone and brick dwelling with a side gable roof. It consists of a five-bay main block with north and south three bay wings. It features a two-story verandah stretching the entire length of the house with eight large provincial Tuscan order columns. The property also includes the contributing smokehouse, storage house, and a frame cabin.^[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

From 2004 to 2009, Montpelier was owned by English conservative philosopher Sir Roger Scruton.^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (October 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Montpelier" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
^ Christie, Kathy (May 10, 2012). "Historic house, 'happy home'". Rappahannock News. Retrieved December 18, 2018 – via PressReader.
^ "Welcome". February 7, 2011. Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2019.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[register-2] "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.

[VAnom-3] Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (October 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Montpelier" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

[4] Christie, Kathy (May 10, 2012). "Historic house, 'happy home'". Rappahannock News. Retrieved December 18, 2018 – via PressReader.

[5] "Welcome". February 7, 2011. Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2019.

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