Selma is a historic property near Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia, at the base of Catoctin Mountain, first built between 1800 and 1810 as the home of United States Senator Armistead Thomson Mason. Between 1900 and 1902 the architectural firm Noland and Baskervill rebuilt it around the earlier structure as a two and one half story, hip roofed, stuccoed brick Colonial Revival mansion fronted by a Roman Doric portico, described as one of the county's earliest and finest examples of that style. The house was listed on a Virginia register of the most endangered historic sites in 2009 before new private owners bought it in 2016 and began a major restoration that is still underway.
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Selma was built at the base of Catoctin Mountain overlooking a sweeping vista of lawn and pastureland between 1800 and 1810 by Armistead Thomson Mason.
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Selma is a historic property and former plantation in Loudoun County, Virginia, near Leesburg.
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Selma is a historic property and former plantation in Loudoun County, Virginia, near Leesburg. Selma is best known as the residence of Armistead Thomson Mason (4 August 1787-6 February 1819), a U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1816 through 1817.
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Category:Federal architecture in Virginia
In Style: Colonial Revival Architecture, History
White commissioned Richmond architecture firm Noland and Baskervill to design a Colonial Revival mansion, which was built between 1900 and 1902 and included part of the earlier house as a kitchen wing.
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The present Selma is a two and one half-story, hip-roofed, stuccoed brick mansion.
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The present Selma is a two and one half-story, hip-roofed, stuccoed brick mansion.
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Wikidata item Q7448705, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
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