National Register of Historic Places

Mount Sharon

Orange, Orange County, Virginia
Listed
September 8, 2013
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
13000710

About this property

Mount Sharon is an historic estate house and plantation remnant in rural Orange County, Virginia. Located off Route 600 about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of the city of Orange, the Mount Sharon estate house is a two-story Georgian Revival house built of concrete and faced in brick. It was designed in 1937 by Louis Bancel LaFarge for Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Augustus, on a plantation they purchased in 1935 from the Taliaferro family, which had owned it since the early 18th century. The Augustuses demolished the deteriorating Victorian-era plantation house on the site to build the house, which has restrained exterior styling, and high quality interior woodwork designed by LaFarge. The property, consisting of the estate house, several outbuildings from the 1930s, and 77.5 acres (31.4 ha) of surrounding land (reduced from the more than 1,000 that made up the original plantation), was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

Location

19184 Mount Sharon Ln.
Orange, Orange County, Virginia
38.27730, -78.04402

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

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

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When was Mount Sharon listed on the National Register?

Mount Sharon was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 2013.

What type of historic resource is Mount Sharon?

Mount Sharon is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Mount Sharon is recorded as the industrial era.

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