S of Sperryville on VA 231, Sperryville, Virginia. County/parish: Rappahannock.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 11, 1973. NRIS 73002052.
4 contributing buildings.
Montpelier is a historic plantation house located near Sperryville, Rappahannock County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1750, and is a two-story, 11 bay, stuccoed stone and brick dwelling with a side gable roof. It consists of a five-bay main block with north and south three bay wings. It features a two-story verandah stretching the entire length of the house with eight large provincial Tuscan order columns. The property also includes the contributing smokehouse, storage house, and a frame cabin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
From 2004 to 2009, Montpelier was owned by English conservative philosopher Sir Roger Scruton.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682837