{"nrhp_refnum":"87000752","name":"Rockland","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E side of US 15, N of Leesburg","address_restricted":false,"city":"Leesburg","county":"Loudoun County","state":"VA","lat":39.16450277100003,"lon":-77.53351236187004,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-05-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A substantial agricultural and residential complex on the Potomac River in northern Loudoun County, Virginia, on the east side of U.S. Route 15 north of Leesburg. The brick main house was built in 1822 for General George Rust and enlarged circa 1908.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Rockland is a large, handsome country estate reflecting two periods of prosperity and construction, the 1820s and circa 1908. The 1822 house is a significant Federal period country house with unusual brickwork, and the 1908 additions respect and enhance it. Intact agricultural outbuildings and landscape show the social scale of a Virginia country estate.","narrative":"Rockland is a farm estate on the Potomac River in northern Loudoun County, named for the limestone outcroppings across its land. Its core is a two-and-one-half story brick house built around 1822 for General George Rust, a War of 1812 veteran and member of the Virginia House of Delegates. The five-bay facade has a Roman Doric portico, and the brickwork includes a window-corner treatment described as apparently unique in Virginia. In 1908 Rust's grandson Henry Bedinger Rust enlarged the house, repeating the original proportions, window pattern and brick bond while adding porches, dormers and interior woodwork. The designer of the enlargement is not identified. The property also keeps an overseer's house, servants' quarters, a smokehouse, a barn, and a small frame house, along with farmland and mature oaks. Together these buildings show the scale of a Virginia country estate across the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The nominated area covers about 79 acres.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900- (specific dates 1822; 1908)","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Federal (1822 block), with 1908 additions with Roman Doric and Colonial-style detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Main house described as in excellent condition and occupied as a private residence; the property is also in agricultural use, and an ongoing renovation program is under way.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.16305-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/57/6815/41681557/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/87000752.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000752/790402628b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000752/790402628b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Acroterion","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rockland,_Leesburg,_Virginia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Acroterion</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rockland,_Leesburg,_Virginia.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681557","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockland_(Leesburg,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7355427"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/loudoun-county/rockland-87000752/"}