Bogota
The National Park Service has not published a boundary polygon for this district; the map shows the listed properties inside it and the district's reference point.
Why it's listed
Bogota is a farm complex in southeastern Rockingham County, Virginia, near Port Republic, where agriculture has continued since the mid-18th century. Its centerpiece is a ten-room brick house built 1845-47 in a regional Greek Revival style, with stepped-parapet gable ends, a two-story pedimented portico and staggered Flemish bond on the front wall. Inside, most original woodwork survives, including bold country mantels in the double parlors and English-made Carpenter patent locks. Nearby stand two slave dwellings, a smokehouse, a bank barn, a log tenant house and a garden site, along with archaeological sites that include a suspected slave cemetery and an artifact scatter possibly linked to the first settler, Gabriel Jones. The farm lies within the core of the Port Republic Battlefield. Fighting on June 9, 1862, passed across the river bottomlands in view of the house, and a family diary records shells landing nearby and soldiers searching the buildings. The open, little-changed landscape adds to its value.
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| Period of significance | 1845-c.1920 |
|---|---|
| Styles | Mid-19th-century Greek Revival |
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Military, Historic - Non-Aboriginal |
| Acreage | 165.5 |
| Boundary source | not published |
| Full listing page | Bogota (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.