Lovingston Historic District

Historic district in Virginia, United States

United States historic place
Lovingston Historic District
Virginia Landmarks Register
View of Lovingston from Courthouse, December 2008
37°45′38″N 78°52′9″W / 37.76056°N 78.86917°W / 37.76056; -78.86917
Built1809
ArchitectCrosthwait, Shelton; et al.
Architectural styleFederal, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.05001232 [1]
VLR No.062-5108
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 09, 2005
Designated VLRSeptember 14, 2005[2]

The Lovingston Historic District is a national historic district located in Lovingston, Virginia, USA. It is a 224.8-acre (0.910 km2) historic district which includes the entirety of the 1809 and 1823 plats as well as the continued growth through the early-to-mid-20th-century. The cohesive village contains a diverse collection of building types and architectural styles that reflect the town's growth and development as the seat of Nelson County from its inception to the present. It consists of 105 properties with 176 total resources (134 contributing resources), including the Nelson County Courthouse listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places, forty-nine single dwellings, twenty-four commercial structures, six multiple dwellings, twenty-five sheds, three churches, five tavern/hotels, eleven offices, a theater, a cooper shop, a packing shed, a post office, a bank, a cemetery and two statues.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). Lovingston Historic District. Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. November 21, 2008. and Accompanying photos and Lovingston Historic District Map
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