Virginia - Madison County - Historic Districts
Madison County Virginia (Historic Districts) has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Camp Hoover, Skyline Drive Historic District and Madison County Courthouse Historic District, Hoffman Round Barn and James City Historic District.

The famous person Herbert Clark Hoover is associated with one of more of the Madison County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Madison County places including US Marine Corps, Lou Henry Hoover and Haywood Montebello "Tiny" Dawson. Prominent architectural styles found in Madison Country are Federal, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements.

Belle Plaine (added 2016 - - #16000532)
Locust Dale, Locust Dale
Gauemj2017, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Federal, Other
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Black, Other
Period of Significance:
1750-1974 AD
Camp Hoover (added 1988 - - #88001825)
Also known as Camp Rapidan
Shenandoah National Park , Graves Mill
TheCatalyst31, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Hoover,Herbert Clark
Significant Year:
1933, 1929
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Outdoor Recreation
Current Function:
Government, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation
Hoffman Round Barn (added 2009 - - #09000242)
Also known as DHR File No. 056-5034, Gentry Round Barn;Gentry Farm
4864 Wolftown-Hood Rd. , Wolftown
Gauemj2017, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Dawson, Haywood Montebello "Tiny"
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Other
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Cemetery, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Single Dwelling, Storage
James City Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000691)
Also known as 056-5011
US 29 , Madison
F\u00e6, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Department Store, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Madison County Courthouse Historic District (added 1984 - - #84003549)
Also known as See Also;Madison County Courthouse
Main St. , Madison
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Transportation, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Federal, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Current Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse, Single Dwelling
Skyline Drive Historic District (added 1997 - - #97000375)
Shenandoah National Park, from the N entrance station at Front Royal to the S entrance station at Rockfish Gap , Luray
F\u00e6, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
multiple
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Social History, Transportation, Entertainment/Recreation, Politics/Government, Architecture, Engineering, Conservation, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Conservation Area, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Road-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Natural Feature, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Road-Related
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