Loretto (Wytheville, Virginia)
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Loretto Historic Mansion | |
 Front of Loretto | |
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| Location | 190 Peppers Ferry Rd., Wytheville, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°57′26″N 81°4′49″W / 36.95722°N 81.08028°W |
| Area | 13 acres (5.3 ha) |
| Built | 1852 |
| Architect | Miller, Morris C. |
| Architectural style | Second Empire, Greek Revival, Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 94001093[1] |
| VLR No. | 139-0015 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 8, 1994 |
| Designated VLR | June 15, 1994[2] |
Loretto is a historic home located at Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia.
Loretto, just north of the historic downtown Wytheville, was originally built in 1852 for William Alexander Stuart, brother of General J.E.B. Stuart. Virginia Governor Henry Carter Stuart (1914-1918), William's son, may have been born in the house. Loretto's second owner, Benjamin Rush Floyd, was a state senator and son of another Virginia governor, John Floyd (1830-1834). As residents, Benjamin and his wife Nancy named the property after the Loreto Shrine in Italy.
Loretto's size doubled in the late nineteenth century. Robert Crockett, Loretto's fourth owner, Victorianized the building with a third floor and slate mansard roof. The Campbell family lived in the mansion from 1888 to 1992 and during that time added a grand spindlework stair railing of the Second-Empire style (1889), a Doric portico on the front facade (1911), and a porte cohere and pergola on the side elevations of the home (1927).
