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A visual anchor in time, the antebellum homestead of Mountain Glen is nestled in a hollow on the lower slopes of Walker Mountain, overlooking the valley watered by the North Fork of the Holston River in Bland County. The core of the complex is a two-story frame house built about 1850 for John Respass, son of John Frederick Respass, one of the area’s early settlers. The house is said to have been constructed by John Lock, a Tennessee builder. In addition to farming, John Respass was a minister in the Reformed Church. The complex includes a picturesque medley of 19th- and early 20th-century outbuildings and farm buildings. Mountain Glen was continuously occupied by members of the Respass and Hudson families until 1997.
Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings and are not open to the public, however many are visible from the public right-of-way. Please be respectful of owner privacy.
Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
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DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
