BEAR'S DEN RURAL HISTORIC DISTRICT

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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.

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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.