Schuyler Historic District - Schuyler, VA
Posted by: bluesnote
N 37° 47.405 W 078° 42.082
17S E 702401 N 4185012
A smal rural town has a lot of historic buildings.
Waymark Code: WMN58A
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2014
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Taken from Wikipedia, "The Schuyler Historic District is a national historic district located in Schuyler, Virginia. It comprises 563.9 acres (2.282 km2) and includes 138 primary resources dating from its settlement period of the 1840s through the mid-20th century. A primary component are eight soapstone quarries located in Schuyler, with eight additional located just over the Albemarle County line. It represents a cohesive industrial community with the majority of its dwellings representative of vernacular regional building traditions. There is an “Executive Row” of dwellings overlooked the centrally located soapstone company from atop a bluff, with other quarry focused neighborhoods fanned out along adjacent hilltops.
One of the older churches in the area is Schuyler Baptist Church organized in 1905. The cornerstone for the present building was laid on August 17, 1907 at 2:00 PM by Rockfish Lodge Number 108 A. F. and A. M. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007."
Street address: Schuyler, VA United States
County / Borough / Parish: Nelson County
Year listed: 2007
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Government, Religion, Social
Current function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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