Waverly

Leesburg, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

Waverly is a turreted mansion in Leesburg, Virginia, built around 1890 for Robert Townley Hempstone, a Baltimore businessman who retired to property on the town's southern outskirts. The frame house combines Queen Anne style with Colonial Revival elements, representing a characteristic blend of late-nineteenth-century American domestic architecture. Constructed by the prominent local firm John Norris and Sons—builders of numerous significant houses, churches, and commercial structures throughout Leesburg—the mansion reflects the craftsmanship of a family enterprise that included Lemuel Watson Norris, who later became an architect in Washington, D.C. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Virginia Historic Landmark.