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Skyline Center, location of Skyline Plaza, was going to be one of the largest complexes in Northern Virginia at the time. The building that collapsed was to have contained 468 condominium apartments. [3] The building was set to open in August 1973. All condominium apartments had been sold and ranged in price from $23,000 to $62,000 according to ...
The Hollensbury Spite House is a spite house located at 523 Queen Street in Alexandria, Virginia. The narrow building measures 7-feet 6-inches (2.3 m) wide and is often called the skinniest house in the United States. The house has drawn international attention, being covered by numerous news outlets, and was once featured on The Oprah Winfrey ...
Bacon's Castle. Bacon's Castle, also variously known as "Allen's Brick House" or the "Arthur Allen House" is located in Surry County, Virginia, United States, and is the oldest documented brick dwelling in what is now the United States. [4] Built in 1665, it is noted as an extremely rare example of Jacobean architecture in the New World.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
A 17-story apartment building at Merrywood was proposed, but later dropped after the Government took a "scenic easement" that severely restricted development on the property. [10] "The federal government paid $744,000 in early 1964 to compensate for the easement, which assures that the property will be substantially "frozen" in its current state."
Build a Backyard Retreat. Garden designer Susanne Hudson created her glass-encased potting shed using 139 salvaged windows. The result is a top-to-bottom light-filled sunroom she uses for planning ...
St. Paul Historic District is a national historic district located at St. Paul, Wise County, Virginia. It contains 23 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in the central business district of St. Paul. Most contributing resources consist of commercial buildings dating from the 1920s to 1950s. Notable buildings include the Ennis ...
Shirley Plantation is an estate on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia. It is located on scenic byway State Route 5, between Richmond and Williamsburg. It is the oldest active plantation in Virginia, settled in 1613 and is also the oldest family-owned business in North America, when it was acquired by the Hill ...