Mirador

Mirador (HMBP)

Location: Greenwood, VA 22943 Albemarle County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 1.698', W 78° 47.383'

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Nearby stands Mirador the childhood home of Nancy, Viscountess Astor, the first woman member of Parliament. Born Nancy Witcher Langhorne in 1879, she lived here from 1892 to 1897. In 1906 she married Waldorf Astor and moved to England permanently. Mirador also was home to her sister Irene, wife of Charles Dana Gibson and model for the Gibson Girl of the 1890s. New York architect William Adams Delano remodeled Mirador in the 1920s for Lady Astor's niece, Mrs. Ronald (Nancy Perkins) Tree. Later, as Nancy Lancaster, she greatly influenced interior design by creating the "English country house look."
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HM NumberHMBP
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Marker NumberW-164
Year Placed1995
Placed ByThe Department of Historic Resources
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 at 11:30am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 693994 N 4211260
Decimal Degrees38.02830000, -78.78971667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 1.698', W 78° 47.383'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 1' 41.88" N, 78° 47' 22.98" W
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Area Code(s)540
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 8311 Rockfish Gap Turnpike, Greenwood VA 22943, US
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