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Steephill in the city of Staunton was built in 1877-78 as a Gothic-style suburban villa for Col. John Lewis Peyton, author of The History of Augusta County, Virginia (1882) and other works of local and regional history. In 1926-27 the house was deftly remodeled in the Georgian Revival style by Staunton architect Samuel Collins for Peyton’s son, Lawrence Washington Peyton. Collins was the son of T. J. Collins, founder of Staunton’s most prominent architectural firm. The remodeling resulted in one of the city of Staunton’s best examples of this dignified 20th-century mode. Adding interest to the place is its dramatic setting on a steep, terraced hill within a spacious yard near the city of Staunton’s Gypsy Hill Park. During the remodeling, the extensive landscaping, including a boxwood maze, was redesigned to be more compatible with Steephill’s new look.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
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DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
