Chapel Hill is a historic plantation house located near Berryville in Clarke County, Virginia, at 300 Chapel Hill Lane. Its original sections date to about 1825 in the Federal style, and the house was substantially expanded between 1938 and 1941 in the Colonial Revival style under architect George L. Howe for owner William J. Donovan. The 477 acre property includes contributing outbuildings such as a stable, a barn and a corncrib. Chapel Hill was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 30, 2004. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Source Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Chapel Hill (Berryville, Virginia) (Virginia Landmarks Register 021-0014)
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1. Chapel Hill (Berryville, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
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The property was purchased by William J. Donovan (1883-1959) in 1938, who subsequently undertook the renovation and expansion of the main house. Architect George L. Howe designed alterations and additions during 1938-1941.
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Chapel Hill is a historic plantation house located near Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia. The oldest sections of the main house dates to the mid-1820s and is in the Federal style. They are the central two-story, six-bay section, which consists of two distinct gable-roofed blocks; and the two-story, three-bay section now at the southernmost end of the house. The house was remodeled and enlarged
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In Style: Colonial Revival Architecture, Infobox: architecture
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Wikidata item Q14712149, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Chapel Hill (Berryville, Virginia) (Virginia Landmarks Register 021-0014)
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The earliest portion of Chapel Hill is the two-story, Federal-style, central stone section of the present house, which was built for Dr. Charles Carter Byrd in 1824, a year after his mother deeded him the 168-acre tract.
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