Kite Mansion

{{short description|Historic house in Virginia, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Kite Mansion | nrhp_type = | designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register | designated_other1_date =September 6, 2006<ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref> | designated_other1_number = 082-5408 | designated_other1_num_position = bottom | image = Kite Mansion.jpg | caption = Distant view of the house | location = 17271 Spotswood Trail, Elkton, Virginia | coordinates = {{coord|38|24|11|N|78|36|15|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Virginia#USA | built = {{Start date|1948}} | architect = William Edgar Kite | architecture = Colonial Revival | added = February 13, 2007 | area = {{convert|5.8|acre}} | refnum = 07000049<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }}

The '''Kite Mansion''', also known as the Kite House, is a historic home located in Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built in 1948, and consists of a two-story, five-bay, central-passage plan main block with flanking one-story wings in the Colonial Revival style. It is constructed of concrete block and clad in running bond brick. The front facade features a Classical Revival style, pedimented, two-story portico. Also on the property is a contributing greenhouse.<ref name=VAnom>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Rockingham/082-5408_KiteMansion_2007_NRfinal.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Kite Mansion |author=Beth Scripps |date=April 2006|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Rockingham/KiteMansion_photographs.htm ''Accompanying four photo'']</ref>

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.<ref name="nris"/>

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Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Category:Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia Category:Houses completed in 1948 Category:Houses in Rockingham County, Virginia Category:National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, Virginia Category:U.S. Route 33