Clifton (Rixeyville, Virginia)

Clifton is a historic home and farm located near Rixeyville, Culpeper County, Virginia. It was built about 1845, and is a two-story frame dwelling, built in the Greek Revival style, with wings constructed about 1850 and about 1910. Also on the property is a "street" of contributing outbuildings dated to the 19th and early 20th centuries. They include an antebellum two-story frame kitchen with a wide stone chimney; a 19th-century frame bank barn; a stone ash house, an icehouse, a chicken house, and a small frame barn, all built around 1918; a frame chicken house constructed about 1950; and a large center-aisle frame corncrib and spring house built about 1930.[3]

Clifton
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Roadside view
Location	7091 Monumental Mills Rd., Rixeyville, Virginia
Coordinates	38°36′34″N 78°00′24″W
Area	241 acres (98 ha)
Built	1845
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.	08000911[1]
VLR No.	023-5230
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 17, 2008
Designated VLR	June 19, 2008[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Gibson Worsham (April 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Clifton" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.