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]
^. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
^Maral S. Kalbian and Margaret T. Peters (June 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bear's Den Rural Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map 2012-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
bear, rural, historic, district, national, historic, district, located, bluemont, clarke, county, loudoun, county, virginia, encompasses, contributing, buildings, contributing, sites, contributing, structures, contributing, object, district, includes, collecti. 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 Bear s Den Rural Historic DistrictU S National Register of Historic PlacesU S Historic districtVirginia Landmarks RegisterGreenspring CabinShow map of Northern VirginiaShow map of VirginiaShow map of the United StatesLocationGenerally runs along both side of ridge along parts of Raven Rocks and Blue Ridge Mtn Rds Bluemont VirginiaCoordinates39 6 35 N 77 50 56 W 39 10972 N 77 84889 W 39 10972 77 84889Area1 855 acres 751 ha Built1890 1890 ArchitectHummer William E Clarke AppletonArchitectural styleQueen Anne Bungalow craftsmanNRHP reference No 08001112 1 VLR No 021 5010Significant datesAdded to NRHPMay 14 2009Designated VLRSeptember 18 2008 2 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 1 References edit 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 Archived from the original on September 21 2013 Retrieved June 5 2013 Maral S Kalbian and Margaret T Peters June 2008 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Bear s Den Rural Historic District PDF Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map Archived 2012 09 26 at the Wayback Machine This article about a property in Clarke County Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a property in Loudoun County Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bear 27s Den Rural Historic District amp oldid 1168889320, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
