The Farm (Rocky Mount, Virginia)

The Farm

Front of the house
Location Lawndale Dr., Rocky Mount, Virginia
Coordinates 36°59′21″N 79°53′34.5″W / 36.98917°N 79.892917°W / 36.98917; -79.892917Coordinates: 36°59′21″N 79°53′34.5″W / 36.98917°N 79.892917°W / 36.98917; -79.892917
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built 1856 (1856)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 89001910[1]
VLR # 157-0021
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 2, 1989
Designated VLR February 21, 1989[2]

The Farm is a historic home located at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia. The house was probably built during the late-18th century, expanded in the 1820s, and heavily remodeled in the Greek Revival style around 1856. It is a two-story, frame dwelling sheathed in weatherboard with a single-pile, central-passage-plan. It features a two-story, projecting front porch. Later additions were made in the late-19th and early-20th century. Also on the property are a contributing one-story brick slave quarters/summer kitchen and the site of a farm office marked by a stone chimney. The house was used as the ironmaster's house for the nearby Washington Iron Furnace.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ David A. Edwards and John S. Salmon (February 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: The Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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