Mulberry Hill (Lexington, Virginia)
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Mulberry Hill is a historic house located at
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. It was built in at least four different building periods that range from the late-18th century to the early 20th century. The original section was built about 1798. It two-story, five bay, brick dwelling with a four-room, double-pile, central-passage plan. Its hipped roof was added about 1903. The interior features unusually elaborate though provincial
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woodwork and plasterwork in the principal rooms. an
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/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It has been the headquarters of Kappa Alpha Order, a college fraternity that was founded next door at Washington and Lee University, since 2004.


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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses completed in 1798 Federal architecture in Virginia Georgian architecture in Virginia Houses in Lexington, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Lexington, Virginia Kappa Alpha Order {{LexingtonVA-NRHP-stub