National Register of Historic Places
Mount Airy
Mount Airy is a historic place in Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia, listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966, and designated a National Historic Landmark. Its National Register reference number is 66000845.
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Mount Airy
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About this place
What is Mount Airy?
Mount Airy, near Warsaw in Richmond County, Virginia, is the first neo-Palladian villa mid-Georgian plantation house built in the United States. It was constructed in 1764 for Colonel John Tayloe II, perhaps the richest Virginia planter of his generation, upon the burning of his family's older house. John Ariss is the attributed designer while William Buckland (architect) was the builder/architect. Tayloe's daughter, Rebecca and her husband Francis Lightfoot Lee, one of the only pair of brothers to sign the Declaration of Independence are buried on the estate, as are many other Tayloes. Before the American Civil War, Mount Airy was a prominent racing horse stud farm, as well as the headquarters of about 10-12 separate but interdependent slave plantations along the Rappahannock River. Mount Airy is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark as well as on the Virginia Landmarks Register and is still privately owned by Tayloe's descendants.
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The record
Listing details
- Name
- Mount Airy
- City
- Warsaw
- County
- Richmond County
- State
- Virginia
- Listed on the National Register
- October 15, 1966
- NRIS reference number
- 66000845
- Resource type
- building
- National Historic Landmark
- Yes
- Coordinates
- 37.97096, -76.79398
When was Mount Airy listed on the National Register?
Mount Airy was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
Where is Mount Airy located?
Mount Airy is located in Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia at approximately 37.97096, -76.79398. See the map above.
Is Mount Airy a National Historic Landmark?
Yes. Mount Airy is designated a National Historic Landmark, the highest federal recognition for a historic place.