
HISTORY

BEAR'S DEN RURAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
Bear's Den Rural Historic District (BDRHD) is a national historic district located in Bluemont, Clarke County and Loudoun County. It encompasses 152 contributing buildings, 12 contributing sites, eight contributing structures, and one contributing object. The district includes a collection of late 19th and early 20th century dwellings constructed as summer homes by wealthy Washingtonians attracted to the mountain's cooler climate. The architecture reflects a number of popular styles - primarily American Craftsman or Bungalow, Colonial Revival and Queen Anne. Other contributing buildings include: farm outbuildings such as barns and stables; domestic outbuildings such as spring houses, meat houses, guest cottages, root cellars, and garages; a former school and a former church. The contributing sites include the ruins of buildings; including picnic shelters, above-ground cisterns, an old road bed; and the contributing object is a county boundary marker.
BDRHD is on the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places (2008) and the Virginia Landmarks Register (2009). The BRMCA is currently working with Clarke County to establish a Historical Highway Marker for the district.

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