Clifton is a historic home located near Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. The house was built about 1815, and is a two-story, seven bay,

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style brick dwelling. It has a side gable roof and four chimneys. A two-story

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replaced an earlier Victorian portico in the 1980s. The property includes the contributing small stone servant's quarters or foreman's house and a wooden

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. an
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/ref> The address is 205 Old Buena Vista Road. It was built by Major John Alexander and overlooks the Maury River. Washington and Lee rowing teams would race at this location in the late 1800s. It was listed on the

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in 1994.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1815 Houses in Rockbridge County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Rockbridge County, Virginia {{RockbridgeCountyVA-NRHP-stub