Elmwood is a historic home located at Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia. It was built between 1870 and 1874, and is a three-story, double-pile brick dwelling in the Italianate style. It has a

central hall plan The central-passage house, also known variously as central hall plan house, center-hall house, hall-passage-parlor house, Williamsburg cottage, and Tidewater-type cottage, was a vernacular, or folk form, house type from the colonial period onward ...

with a central hall stairway. Also on the property are the contributing outdoor kitchen and

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. The interior features well-preserved interior mural paintings by the well-known local artist, Joseph Oddenino. Oddenino also created the interior of the

Mitchells Presbyterian Church Mitchells Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located on VA 652 in Mitchells, Culpeper County, Virginia. It was built in 1879, and is a one-story, frame building in the Carpenter Gothic style. It measures 50 feet by 30 feet ...

. an
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in 1986. In 2013, the boundaries of the listing were increased to include of the surrounding farm and several contributing buildings. One of the buildings included is the Browning Store, a store, home and

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built circa 1773.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Italianate architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1874 Houses in Culpeper County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Culpeper County, Virginia {{CulpeperCountyVA-NRHP-stub