Mount Airy is a historic home located in

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, near Leesville. It was built between about 1797 and 1800, and is a two-story, frame, hall-parlor plan house from the

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period. It has a gable roof and exterior end chimneys. The house received several additions to the side and rear and the front entrance was altered about 1910. The interior retains most of its early woodwork, including a handsomely paneled hall. Also on the property are a contributing

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and family

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. an
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in 1990.

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