Mount Columbia | |
Location | Off VA 649, 2.7 mi. W of VA 605, near Manquin, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°42′51″N 77°11′14″W / 37.71417°N 77.18722°W |
Area | 99.2 acres (40.1 ha) |
Built | c. 1792, c. 1835 |
Architect | Bosher, Gideon; Bosher, William |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 88003208 [1] |
VLR No. | 050-0049 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | January 19, 1989 |
Designated VLR | April 19, 1988[2] |
Mount Columbia is a historic home located near Manquin, King William County, Virginia. It was built in two sections; the rear section was built about 1790 and the front was added about 1835. It is a two-story, five-bay, rectangular brick dwelling in the Federal style. The front section has a single-pile, central hall plan. Also on the property are the contributing brick kitchen dependency, a family cemetery and the vestiges of a formal garden.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]