Boxerwood Nature Center (Lexington, Virginia)

 house, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, nature center, non-profit organization, Modern (architecture)

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Historic house and gardens (now operated as a nature center and open to the public) listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

- Built: 1951-1952
- Architect: Wells & Meagher (Roanoke, VA)
- Alterations: semi-detached addition (1956)
- Architectural style: Modernist
- Areas of significance: Architecture; Landscape Architecture
- Area: about 7 acres
- Outbuildings:
~~ Orchard (guest) House (1956)
~~ barn (early 1900s)
~~ spring house (1956)
- Also known as: Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Munger House; Munger Lodge
- Date added to NRHP: 6/4/2015

The house that is the centerpiece of Boxerwood is one of the earliest known examples of Modernist architecture in Rockbridge County. Dr. Robert S. Munger, an avid gardener and specimen collector, in 1957 inaugurated the development of the garden and arboretum, which now boasts more than 2,500 specimen trees and shrubs. Today the nonprofit Boxerwood Education Association manages the property as Boxerwood Nature Center and Woodland Garden.

boxerwood.org/
NRHP #15000254