Spring Dale, also known as Springdale and David S. McGavock House, is a historic home and national

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located near

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Pulaski County, Virginia Pulaski County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,800. Its county seat is Pulaski. Pulaski County is part of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg metropolitan a ...

. It encompasses five contributing buildings and the Samuel Cecil Archeological Site. The main house was built in 1856–1857, and is a two-story, nearly square,

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style brick mansion. James C. Deyerle is credited with early construction. It has a double pile, central-hall plan and shallow hipped roof. Also on the property are the contributing brick

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, and a log structure that may have served as a blacksmith shop. The Samuel Cecil Archeological Site consists of the ruins of the log house built by Samuel Cecil in 1768. an
''Accompanying four photos''
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in 2003.

References

Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Historic districts in Pulaski County, Virginia Gothic Revival architecture in Virginia Houses in Pulaski County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Pulaski County, Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia {{PulaskiCountyVA-NRHP-stub