National Register of Historic Places - Virginia (VA), Madison County

Madison County Virginia (Historic Districts) has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Camp Hoover, Skyline Drive Historic District and Madison County Courthouse Historic District, Hoffman Round Barn and James City Historic District.

The famous person Herbert Clark Hoover is associated with one of more of the Madison County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Madison County places including US Marine Corps, Lou Henry Hoover and Haywood Montebello "Tiny" Dawson. Prominent architectural styles found in Madison Country are Federal, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements.

Belle Plaine (added 2016 - - #16000532)

Locust Dale, Locust Dale

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Federal, Other

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Black, Other

Period of Significance:

1750-1974 AD

Camp Hoover (added 1988 - - #88001825)

Also known as Camp Rapidan

Shenandoah National Park , Graves Mill

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person

Historic Person:

Hoover,Herbert Clark

Significant Year:

1933, 1929

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Outdoor Recreation

Current Function:

Government, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

Hoffman Round Barn (added 2009 - - #09000242)

Also known as DHR File No. 056-5034, Gentry Round Barn;Gentry Farm

4864 Wolftown-Hood Rd. , Wolftown

Gauemj2017, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dawson, Haywood Montebello "Tiny"

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Other

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Cemetery, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Single Dwelling, Storage

James City Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000691)

Also known as 056-5011

US 29 , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Department Store, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Madison County Courthouse Historic District (added 1984 - - #84003549)

Also known as See Also;Madison County Courthouse

Main St. , Madison

Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Transportation, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Federal, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Courthouse, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

Business, Courthouse, Single Dwelling

Skyline Drive Historic District (added 1997 - - #97000375)

Shenandoah National Park, from the N entrance station at Front Royal to the S entrance station at Rockfish Gap , Luray

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Social History, Transportation, Entertainment/Recreation, Politics/Government, Architecture, Engineering, Conservation, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Road-Related

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Natural Feature, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Road-Related