Barboursville, Virginia
| Barboursville, Virginia | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 Barboursville
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| Coordinates: 38°10′15″N 78°16′54″W / 38.17083°N 78.28167°WCoordinates: 38°10′15″N 78°16′54″W / 38.17083°N 78.28167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Albemarle and OrangeGreene County, Virginia |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1492511 |
Barboursville is an unincorporated community in Albemarle and Orange counties in the U.S. state of Virginia. Barboursville is famous for being the birthplace of renowned American military commander and President Zachary Taylor. It is also famous for the location of Barboursville, the home of James Barbour, the 19th Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, after which the community is named. The ruins of his home are now on land owned by one of the Piedmont region's wineries, Barboursville Vineyards.
The Albemarle County portion of Barboursville is part of the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community is located at the intersection of VA 20 and US 33.
In addition to Barboursville, the Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District, Hampstead Farm Archeological District, and Burlington are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 1884 on Christmas Day sixty two years after it was built the Barboursville mansion became known as the Barboursville Ruins after a fire consumed the building. This building was known as the only building in Orange County, VA to be designed by Thomas Jefferson himself. James Barbour was close friends with Jefferson and owned the building. Jefferson designed the building for Barbour with the former’s own home in mind. The house originally had a race track in front of it, but now it is home to one of Virginia’s first significant wineries. The ruins are now a tourist destination and a backdrop for Four County Players productions of "Shakespeare at the Ruins" in August.
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