National Register of Historic Places

Blenheim (Boundary Increase)

Spring Mills, Campbell County, Virginia
Listed
May 25, 1994
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
94000457

About this property

Blenheim is a historic home located near Spring Mills, in Campbell County, Virginia. It was built about 1828, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, five-bay, single-pile, frame I-house dwelling on a brick basement. It is sheathed with beaded weatherboards and covered with a standing-seam sheet metal roof broken by three pedimented dormers. The interior features elaborate, provincially conceived but skillfully executed, woodwork. Also on the property is a contributing late-19th century frame stable. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, with a boundary increase in 1994.

Location

Spring Mills, Campbell County, Virginia
37.22657, -78.95260

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Blenheim
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0.4 mi
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6.4 mi
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Nearby Battles

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Appomattox Station (Apr 8)
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Appomattox Station Cavalry Fight
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11.6 mi
Appomattox Station Cavalry Fight (April 8, 1865)
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11.6 mi
Appomattox Station
1865Civil War
11.7 mi

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When was Blenheim (Boundary Increase) listed on the National Register?

Blenheim (Boundary Increase) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 25, 1994.

What type of historic resource is Blenheim (Boundary Increase)?

Blenheim (Boundary Increase) is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Blenheim (Boundary Increase) is recorded as the industrial era.

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