Ramsay (Greenwood, Virginia)
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Ramsay, November 2010
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| Location | 7760 Rockfish Gap Turnpike, Greenwood, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | 78.4 acres (31.7 ha) |
| Built | 1900 |
| Architect | Grigg, Milton La Tour |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 05000135[1] |
| VLR # | 002-0844 |
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| Added to NRHP | March 10, 2005 |
| Designated VLR | December 1, 2004[2] |
Ramsay is a historic estate located at Greenwood in Albemarle County, Virginia. Contributing elements on the estate include the main house (ca. 1900), barn (ca. 1937), garden (ca, 1937), cottage (ca. 1950), tenant house and garage (ca. 1900), main house garage (ca. 1900), potting shed (ca. 1937), three greenhouse ruins (ca. 1939), smoke house, chicken house, equipment shed, slave cabin ruins (ca. 1830 and moved 1930), and a circular turnaround (ca. 1930s). The main house is a classical Revival style dwelling begun about 1900 with sympathetic additions dated to 1937, 1947, and the early 1950s. The sympathetic additions and modifications, and barn and garden, were designed by noted Charlottesville architect Milton L. Grigg (1905-1982).[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
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- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Neoclassical architecture in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1900
- Houses in Albemarle County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Albemarle County, Virginia
- Virginia Historic Landmarks
- Albemarle County, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
