The Rose Terrace building is a historic building on the Mary Baldwin University campus in Staunton, Virginia. It was built about 1875, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay, L-shaped, brick Italianate style building. It has a hipped roof and six handsome, tall chimneys with elaborately corbelled caps. Also on the property is a contributing small two-story outbuilding known as "Little House."[3]
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| Location | Mary Baldwin University campus, Staunton, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°9′8.45″N 79°4′15.55″W / 38.1523472°N 79.0709861°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | c. 1875 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003303[1] |
| VLR No. | 132-0017 |
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| Added to NRHP | June 19, 1979 |
| Designated VLR | December 19, 1978[2] |
Rose Terrace was originally a single family residence, then housed Augusta Sanitarium from 1910 to 1919. The building was purchased by Mary Baldwin College in 1919. It was once used as the college president's home, and also served as a student dormitory.[4] The building currently houses the offices of the Shakespeare & Performance graduate program.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1979.[1]
See also
editHilltop, Main, and C. W. Miller House, are other NRHP-listed building on the campus.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ William T. Frazier (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rose Terrace" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- ^ "City of Staunton, Virginia, Comprehensive Plan 2010 - 2030, History". City of Staunton, Department of Planning & Inspections. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2013-09-29.