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Rocklands
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	N of Gordonsville on VA 231, near Gordonsville, Virginia
Coordinates	38°10′36″N 78°11′16″W / 38.17667°N 78.18778°W / 38.17667; -78.18778
Area	1,000.7 acres (405.0 ha)
Built	c. 1905 (1905), 1933-1935
Architect	Bottomley, William L.; Innocenti, Umberto
Architectural style	Georgian Revival, Federal, Adamesque
NRHP reference No.	82004578
VLR No.	068-0181
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 23, 1982
Designated VLR	July 20, 1982

Rocklands is a historic home and farm complex located near Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia. The house was built about 1905, and underwent a major renovation under the direction of William Lawrence Bottomley in 1933–1935. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, Georgian Revival style brick dwelling with a hipped roof. The front facade features a monumental Ionic order hexastyle portico. Also on the property are the contributing guest house (c. 1905, 1935); a small service court designed by Bottomley and consisting of a garage, servant's house, woodshed, and tunnel; a 19th-century coach barn of wood-frame construction; the mid-19th century farm manager's house; Spencer Neale, Jr., Residence (c. 1900); bank barn (c. 1910); and a brick house (1822).

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

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (July 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rocklands" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos

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