081-0028

John Moore House

Rockbridge (County)

VLR Listing Date

1999-03-17

NRHP Listing Date

1999-06-29

NHL Listing Date

NA

NRHP Reference Number

99000728

John Moore House sits on a slight rise overlooking a small, spring-fed pond and stone springhouse near the hamlet of Denmark. An archaeological site to the northeast of the house represents the remains of an earlier dwelling. The house was the seat of the early-19th-century farm of John and Betsy Moore. The property’s primary resource, a two-story, three-bay, brick, Federal-style farmhouse built in 1831, incorporates refined woodwork that draws from Federal precedents and folk traditions. The John Moore House, a well-preserved example of domestic architecture, demonstrates a personal interpretation of the Federal style, as built for a prosperous Rockbridge County farm family of the time.

Last Updated: June 2, 2023

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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark

Photo credit: Leslie Giles, 1998

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