Meadow Grove Farm

Meadow Grove Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located at Amissville, Rappahannock County, Virginia. It encompasses 13 contributing buildings and 5 contributing sites. The main house was constructed in four distinct building phases from about 1820 to 1965. The oldest section is a 1 1/2-story log structure, with a two-story Greek Revival style main block added about 1860. A two-story brick addition, built in 1965, replaced a two-story wing added in 1881. In addition to the main house the remaining contributing resources include a tenant house/slave quarters, a schoolhouse, a summer kitchen, a meat house, a machine shed, a blacksmith shop, a barn, a chicken coop, a chicken house, two granaries, and a corn crib; a cemetery, an icehouse ruin, two former sites of the present schoolhouse, and the original site of the log granary.[3]

Meadow Grove Farm
A portion of the property, including the main house, seen in May, 2016
Location21 Meadow Grove Ln., Amissville, Virginia
Coordinates38°40′50″N 78°04′48″W
Area346.8 acres (140.3 ha)
Builtc. 1820 (1820), c. 1860
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.06000803[1]
VLR No.078-0059
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 2006
Designated VLRJune 8, 2006[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[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. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Laura V. Trieschmann; Patti Kuhn; Janet Flynn; Ellen Jenkins; Elizabeth Breiseth (March 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Meadow Grove Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying six photos
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