Rockland (Leesburg, Virginia)

Rockland is the home of Virginia's Rust family, near Leesburg, Virginia. The property was acquired by General George Rust from the heirs of Colonel Burgess Ball in 1817. General Rust built the present brick residence about 1822, incorporating an older frame house as a rear service wing.

Rockland
LocationEast side of US 15, north of Leesburg, near Leesburg, Virginia
Coordinates39°9′49.7″N 77°32′4.8″W
Built1822
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.87000752
VLR No.053-0096
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 14, 1987[1]
Designated VLRMarch 17, 1987[2]

General Rust was involved in the Baltimore area during the War of 1812 and was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1818-1819 and 1820–1823. The 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules lists 33 slaves as being owned by George Rust of Loudon County.[3] On his death in 1857 the house passed to his son, Colonel Armistead Thompson Mason Rust. Born at Rockland in 1820, Colonel Rust attended West Point and served with the Confederate 19th Virginia Infantry during the American Civil War. On Colonel Rust's death in 1887, his son Henry Bedinger Rust inherited the property. Henry enlarged the house in 1908 to its present configuration. The house continues to be owned by the Brown family, descendants of the Rusts through Henry's daughter Elizabeth Fitzhugh Rust Brown.[4]

The Federal style house has a central hall, single pile plan, extended by the 1908 additions to a double-pile plan. A one-story Roman Doric portico was added to the south elevation in 1908, while the rear (east) elevation has a Roman Doric porch across its width. The property includes a number of outbuildings, including a brick overseer's residence, brick servant's quarters, a smokehouse, a small barn, a farm supervisor's house and a variety of twentieth century buildings.[4]

Rockland was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

On December 28, 2020, it was announced that White's Ferry, which had been in operation since the eighteenth century, would immediately close due to a court decision rendered in Rockland Farm, LLC et. al. vs. White's Ferry, Inc.[5]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
  4. Wells, John (1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Rockland" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  5. Friedell, Dan. "White's Ferry river crossing in Montgomery Co. ceases operations after court decision". WTOP News. WTOP. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  • Rockland at the Journey Through Hallowed Ground


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