Mount Fair is a historic home and farm complex located in Albemarle County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1848, and is a 2+12-story, five-bay, frame building with Greek Revival style details. It has a hipped roof with widow's walk and a one-story, one-bay porch with a flat roof supported by Doric order columns. Also on the property are a contributing detached kitchen, a greenhouse, and two contributing structures, an icehouse and a spring house. The tract also has three contributing sites: the ruins of slave quarters, a slave cemetery, and a family cemetery.[3]

Mount Fair
Distant view from the east
Mount Fair is located in Virginia
Mount Fair
Mount Fair is located in the United States
Mount Fair
LocationJunction of VA 673 and VA 810
Coordinates38°09′55″N 78°40′39″W / 38.16528°N 78.67750°W / 38.16528; -78.67750
Area78.3 acres (31.7 ha)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.90001997[1]
VLR No.002-0097
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 28, 1990
Designated VLRAugust 21, 1990[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Rhonda L. Lefever (August 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Fair" (PDF). and Accompanying photo