Locust Grove is a historic home located at Purcellville,

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. The house was built in two phases, one before 1817 and another in 1837. The original section is a single-pile, two-story structure built of fieldstone with a side gable roof in the

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style. Attached to it is the later -story, three-bay, double-pile, fieldstone addition. The interior features Federal and

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style decorative details. Also on the property are the contributing stone

spring house A spring house, or springhouse, is a small building, usually of a single room, constructed over a spring. While the original purpose of a springhouse was to keep the spring water clean by excluding fallen leaves, animals, etc., the enclosing stru ...

, a frame barn, a garage, a stone watering trough, and a stone chimney. an
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in 2007.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Greek Revival houses in Virginia Houses completed in 1837 Houses in Loudoun County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Loudoun County, Virginia Purcellville, Virginia {{LoudounCountyVA-NRHP-stub