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Selma (Leesburg, Virginia)

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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.

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Plantation 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Virginia, United States 2
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Plantation 1
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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Source Selma (Leesburg, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
Source Selma (Leesburg, Virginia) (Wikipedia)

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Source Selma (Leesburg, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
Source Selma (Leesburg, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
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1. Selma (Leesburg, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article (standing)
    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.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Plantation)
    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.
  • In Style: Federal Architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Federal architecture in Virginia
  • In Style: Colonial Revival Architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia
  • Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia article
    The present Selma is a two and one half-story, hip-roofed, stuccoed brick mansion.
  • Uses Element: Stucco, Wikipedia article
    The present Selma is a two and one half-story, hip-roofed, stuccoed brick mansion.
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2. Selma (Leesburg, Virginia) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Virginia, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Virginia, United States
Wikidata item Q7448705, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
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