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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Amherst County, Virginia.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.

There are 36 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another property was once listed but has been removed.


Current listings

Name on the Register Image Date listed Location City or town Description
1 Bear Mountain Indian Mission School
Bear Mountain Indian Mission School
February 21, 1997
(#97000152)
Junction of VA 643 and VA 780, southwest corner
37°34′22″N 79°07′37″W / 37.572778°N 79.126944°W / 37.572778; -79.126944 (Bear Mountain Indian Mission School)
Amherst
2 Brick House
Brick House
February 1, 2006
(#05001620)
854 Fletcher's Level Rd.
37°38′38″N 79°01′17″W / 37.643889°N 79.021389°W / 37.643889; -79.021389 (Brick House)
Clifford
3 Brightwells Mill Complex
Brightwells Mill Complex
August 15, 2016
(#16000527)
586 Brightwells Mill Rd.
37°27′31″N 79°02′51″W / 37.458611°N 79.047500°W / 37.458611; -79.047500 (Brightwells Mill Complex)
Madison Heights
4 Clifford-New Glasgow Historic District
Clifford-New Glasgow Historic District
March 12, 2012
(#12000122)
State Route 151 and Fletchers Level Rd.
37°38′25″N 79°01′20″W / 37.640278°N 79.022222°W / 37.640278; -79.022222 (Clifford-New Glasgow Historic District)
Clifford
5 Dulwich Manor
May 28, 2013
(#13000335)
550 Richmond Highway
37°34′27″N 79°02′30″W / 37.57403°N 79.04167°W / 37.57403; -79.04167 (Dulwich Manor)
Amherst
6 Edge Hill
May 15, 2008
(#08000418)
1380 Edgehill Plantation Rd.
37°30′11″N 78°55′33″W / 37.503056°N 78.925833°W / 37.503056; -78.925833 (Edge Hill)
Gladstone
7 Edgewood
March 14, 2008
(#08000200)
591 Puppy Creek Rd.
37°38′38″N 79°09′34″W / 37.643750°N 79.159444°W / 37.643750; -79.159444 (Edgewood)
Amherst
8 Edgewood
Edgewood
August 16, 2006
(#06000706)
138 Garland Ave.
37°34′55″N 79°03′20″W / 37.581806°N 79.055417°W / 37.581806; -79.055417 (Edgewood)
Amherst
9 Elon Village Library
November 22, 2016
(#16000793)
Corner of Camden and Younger Drs.
37°30′50″N 79°11′40″W / 37.513889°N 79.194444°W / 37.513889; -79.194444 (Elon Village Library)
Amherst
10 Fairview
June 3, 2009
(#09000391)
2416 Lowesville Rd.
37°41′58″N 79°03′56″W / 37.699444°N 79.065556°W / 37.699444; -79.065556 (Fairview)
Amherst
11 Forest Hill
March 22, 2007
(#07000218)
713 Indian Creek Rd.
37°42′26″N 79°05′04″W / 37.707222°N 79.084444°W / 37.707222; -79.084444 (Forest Hill)
Amherst
12 Fort Riverview (44AH91 and 44AH195)
November 16, 1989
(#89001921)
Address Restricted
Madison Heights
13 Galt's Mill Complex
Galt's Mill Complex
September 30, 2009
(#09000791)
1133 Galt's Mill Rd.
37°26′49″N 79°00′39″W / 37.446944°N 79.010833°W / 37.446944; -79.010833 (Galt's Mill Complex)
Madison Heights
14 Geddes
Geddes
February 24, 1983
(#83003257)
Jefferson Trace
37°40′01″N 78°59′14″W / 37.666944°N 78.987222°W / 37.666944; -78.987222 (Geddes)
Clifford
15 The Glebe
The Glebe
May 15, 2008
(#08000419)
156 State Route 151
37°37′23″N 79°00′50″W / 37.623056°N 79.013899°W / 37.623056; -79.013899 (The Glebe)
Amherst
16 Hanshill
September 29, 2011
(#11000715)
142 Leftwich Rd.
37°28′18″N 79°09′15″W / 37.471667°N 79.154167°W / 37.471667; -79.154167 (Hanshill)
Madison Heights
17 Hite Store
June 6, 1997
(#97000487)
0.25 miles (0.40 km) south of junction of VA 778 and VA 666
37°43′06″N 79°04′01″W / 37.718472°N 79.066944°W / 37.718472; -79.066944 (Hite Store)
Lowesville
18 Kenmore Farm
February 17, 2015
(#15000012)
369 Kenmore Rd.
37°35′08″N 79°04′12″W / 37.585556°N 79.070000°W / 37.585556; -79.070000 (Kenmore Farm)
Amherst
19 Macedonia Methodist Church
February 8, 2012
(#12000017)
1408 Coffeytown Rd.
37°46′20″N 79°13′39″W / 37.772361°N 79.227500°W / 37.772361; -79.227500 (Macedonia Methodist Church)
Vesuvius
20 Mountain View Farm
September 3, 1997
(#96001453)
Junction of County Route 3 and US 29 (2229 North Amherst Hwy.)
37°38′29″N 78°59′08″W / 37.641389°N 78.985556°W / 37.641389; -78.985556 (Mountain View Farm)
Clifford
21 Norfolk Southern Six Mile Bridge No. 58
Norfolk Southern Six Mile Bridge No. 58
October 12, 1995
(#95001175)
Over the James River west of the junction of VA 726 and the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks
37°23′35″N 79°03′46″W / 37.393056°N 79.062778°W / 37.393056; -79.062778 (Norfolk Southern Six Mile Bridge No. 58)
Lynchburg
22 Oak Lawn
Oak Lawn
September 6, 2006
(#06000802)
155 Winridge Dr.
37°29′03″N 79°08′59″W / 37.484167°N 79.149722°W / 37.484167; -79.149722 (Oak Lawn)
Madison Heights
23 Red Hill Farm
June 9, 1980
(#80004168)
West of Pedlar Mills on VA 647
37°33′28″N 79°15′53″W / 37.557778°N 79.264722°W / 37.557778; -79.264722 (Red Hill Farm)
Pedlar Mills
24 Speed the Plough
April 30, 2007
(#07000391)
389 Fair Lea Ln.
37°32′00″N 79°11′28″W / 37.533333°N 79.191250°W / 37.533333; -79.191250 (Speed the Plough)
Monroe
25 Sweet Briar College Historic District
Sweet Briar College Historic District
March 30, 1995
(#95000240)
Sweet Briar Dr., 0.5 miles west of U.S. Route 29
37°33′14″N 79°04′48″W / 37.553889°N 79.08°W / 37.553889; -79.08 (Sweet Briar College Historic District)
Sweet Briar
26 Sweet Briar House
Sweet Briar House
September 15, 1970
(#70000783)
Southwest of the junction of U.S. Route 29 and Sweet Briar Rd.
37°33′20″N 79°04′49″W / 37.555556°N 79.080278°W / 37.555556; -79.080278 (Sweet Briar House)
Sweet Briar
27 Tusculum
Tusculum
November 19, 2004
(#04001244)
2077 N. U.S. Route 29
37°38′10″N 78°59′51″W / 37.636111°N 78.997500°W / 37.636111; -78.997500 (Tusculum)
Amherst
28 Winton
Winton
May 2, 1974
(#74002104)
West of State Route 151
37°38′17″N 79°01′27″W / 37.638056°N 79.0241667°W / 37.638056; -79.0241667 (Winton)
Clifford

Former listing

Name on the Register Image Date listed Date removed Location City or town Summary
1 Athlone
September 24, 1992
(#92001029)
March 19, 2001
Junction of VA 151 and VA 674
Amherst Destroyed by fire
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