Leesburg Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Leesburg's historic district, centered at the crossroads of Routes 7 and 15 in Loudoun County, Virginia, has been enlarged to 177.5 acres. The added area takes in lots on West Market Street west of Ayr Street, several lots on South King Street south of Monroe Street, and a few parcels to the east, about thirty-seven buildings in all. Blocks in the southwest corner of the older district were removed because of modern development. The town was established by the Virginia Assembly in 1758, and its buildings range from 1760s log and stone structures to turn-of-the-21st-century infill. Brick Federal townhouses, Georgian stone houses, Greek Revival porches, I-houses, Colonial Revival dwellings and bungalows are all represented, along with commercial buildings, churches and the courthouse at the center of town. Examples include the 1804 Leesburg Presbyterian Church and the Old Stone Church site and cemetery, associated with early Methodism. The expansion records the town's residential edges and its long architectural development.