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Mount Airy (Verona, Virginia)

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Historic house in Virginia, United States United States historic place
Mt. Airy
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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LocationAccess road off of Technology Dr., southeast of Augusta County Government Center, Verona, Virginia
Coordinates38°11′29″N 79°0′26″W / 38.19139°N 79.00722°W / 38.19139; -79.00722
Area400 acres (160 ha)
Builtc. 1840 (1840), c. 1850
NRHP reference No.12000538
VLR No.007-1021
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 22, 2012
Designated VLRJune 21, 2012

Mount Airy, also known as the Grandma Moses House and Major James Crawford House, is a historic home located at Verona, Augusta County, Virginia. It was built about 1840, and is a two-story, five-bay, single-pile brick I-house. It has a rear 1+1⁄2-story, brick ell addition with porch built about 1850. Also on the property are a contributing washhouse (c. 1900), shed (c. 1900), and wagon house (c. 1921). The American artist Grandma Moses (1860–1961) and her husband Thomas Solomon Moses owned the house from January 1901 to September 1902. It was the first house they owned in their married lives.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

References

  1. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/20/12 through 8/24/12. National Park Service. 2012-08-31.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  3. Amy Ross Moses (March 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Airy" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos
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