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Mountain Road Historic District

Mountain Road Historic District
Mountain Road, St. John's parish complex.jpg
St. John's Church and parish hall
Mountain Road Historic District is located in Virginia
Mountain Road Historic District
Mountain Road Historic District is located in the US
Mountain Road Historic District
Location Roughly Mountain Rd. from Mimosa Dr. to Academy St., Halifax, Virginia
Coordinates 36°45′59″N 78°56′07″W / 36.76639°N 78.93528°W / 36.76639; -78.93528Coordinates: 36°45′59″N 78°56′07″W / 36.76639°N 78.93528°W / 36.76639; -78.93528
Area 67 acres (27 ha)
Architect Multiple
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP reference # 83004245
VLR # 230-0078
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 6, 1983
Designated VLR August 16, 1983

Mountain Road Historic District is a national historic district in Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia. The district includes 22 contributing buildings located along Mountain Road (State Route 360) and consists of two churches, a parish hall, a masonic hall, and a host of private residences dating to the 19th and early 20th centuries. Notable buildings include the Masonic Lodge (1828), Methodist Church (1831), St. John's Episcopal Church (1844), Magnolia Hill, Grand Oaks, and St. John's Rectory. Several of the earlier dwellings and St. John's Episcopal Church were designed by Dabney Cosby, Jr., son of the Jeffersonian workman, Dabney Cosby, Sr.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.


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