Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant is a limestone farmhouse on a knoll above the Middle River near Spring Hill in northwest Augusta County, Virginia. The main block has two stories, a raised basement, end chimneys and a gable roof, with a hall-parlor plan that differs from the three-room central-passage houses common in the area. A rear ell and extensive woodwork, including ornate Federal mantels and original cupboard graining, date from a mid-19th-century remodeling. The farm covers 316 acres, crossed by Moffett Creek, and holds outbuildings ranging from early barn sections to mid-20th-century farm structures and the ruins of a mill. The property is also associated with Colonel George Moffett, who bought the land in 1786. He served as county lieutenant, sheriff and justice, and led Virginia militia in Revolutionary War battles including King's Mountain and Cowpens. A later amendment dates the house earlier and counts only the main house as contributing.