Mount Stirling

Mount Stirling is a historic plantation house located at Providence Forge in Charles City County, Virginia, United States. It was built in 1851 as a 2+1⁄2-story red brick residence in the Greek Revival style. The house is distinguished by a small-scale Greek Ionic order portico and stepped gable parapets, and an altered contributing kitchen building stands elsewhere on the property. The grounds around the house were formally landscaped in the 1940s. During the American Civil War the plantation saw significant activity, with Union soldiers occupying the house in 1862 and again in 1864. Mount Stirling was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

Mount Stirling is a historic plantation house at Providence Forge, Charles City County, Virginia. It was built in 1851 as a 2+1⁄2-story red brick residence in the Greek Revival style, featuring a small-scale Greek Ionic order portico and stepped gable parapets. An altered contributing kitchen building also stands on the property. The plantation was the scene of significant activity during the American Civil War, as Union soldiers occupied the house in 1862 and again in 1864. The house sits among formally landscaped grounds undertaken in the 1940s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

• 1993

  Mount Stirling was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

• 1940

  Formal landscaping of the grounds was undertaken in the 1940s.

• 1864

  Union soldiers again occupied the house during the American Civil War.

• 1862

  Union soldiers occupied the house during the American Civil War.

• 1851

  Mount Stirling was built as a 2+1⁄2-story red brick Greek Revival plantation house.

1. 1Mount Stirlingwikidata.org
2. 2Mount Stirling (Providence Forge, Virginia)en.wikipedia.org