Ramsay (Greenwood, Virginia)
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Ramsay is a historic estate located at Greenwood
in Albemarle County, Virginia
. Contributing elements on the estate include the main house (ca. 1900), barn (ca. 1937), garden (ca, 1937), cottage (ca. 1950), tenant house and garage (ca. 1900), main house garage (ca. 1900), potting shed (ca. 1937), three greenhouse ruins (ca. 1939), smoke house, chicken house, equipment shed, slave cabin ruins (ca. 1830 and moved 1930), and a circular turnaround (ca. 1930s). The main house is a classical Revival
style dwelling begun about 1900 with sympathetic additions dated to 1937, 1947, and the early 1950s. The sympathetic additions and modifications, and barn and garden, were designed by noted Charlottesville
architect Milton L. Grigg
(1905-1982).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2005.
Greenwood, Virginia
Greenwood is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia. It is home to the . The Greenwood Community Center, which has the area's only Roller Skating rink. Greenwood has a post office with ZIP code 22943...
in Albemarle County, Virginia
Albemarle County, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 79,236 people, 31,876 households, and 21,070 families residing in the county. The population density was 110 people per square mile . There were 33,720 housing units at an average density of 47 per square mile...
. Contributing elements on the estate include the main house (ca. 1900), barn (ca. 1937), garden (ca, 1937), cottage (ca. 1950), tenant house and garage (ca. 1900), main house garage (ca. 1900), potting shed (ca. 1937), three greenhouse ruins (ca. 1939), smoke house, chicken house, equipment shed, slave cabin ruins (ca. 1830 and moved 1930), and a circular turnaround (ca. 1930s). The main house is a classical Revival
Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...
style dwelling begun about 1900 with sympathetic additions dated to 1937, 1947, and the early 1950s. The sympathetic additions and modifications, and barn and garden, were designed by noted Charlottesville
Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville is an independent city geographically surrounded by but separate from Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom.The official population estimate for...
architect Milton L. Grigg
Milton L. Grigg
Milton Grigg was a Virginia architect best known for his restoration work at Colonial Williamsburg and Monticello. In his career as an independent architect in Charlottesville, Virginia, he worked as a modernist within the Jeffersonian tradition....
(1905-1982).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2005.