- Mirador (Greenwood, Virginia)
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Mirador
Nearest city: Greenwood, Virginia Coordinates: 38°2′17″N 78°45′24″W / 38.03806°N 78.75667°WCoordinates: 38°2′17″N 78°45′24″W / 38.03806°N 78.75667°W Area: 32 acres (13 ha) Built: 1842 Architect: Delano,William Adams Architectural style: Federal Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 83003256[1] Added to NRHP: April 7, 1983 Mirador, near Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia, was built in 1842. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] Mirador was the childhood home of Nancy Langhorne Astor, who was born in Danville, Virginia. Her father Chiswell Langhorne's finances were decimated by the American Civil War, but he later made a fortune in the tobacco business and railroads and was able to purchase Mirador. Nancy Langhorne, later Lady Astor, lived at the home from 1892 to 1897, and her sister Irene, later the wife of artist Charles Dana Gibson and a model for the Gibson Girl, also spent part of her youth at the estate.
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
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