Bowman-Zirkle Farm
National Register of Historic Places

Bowman-Zirkle Farm

Edinburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia
Listed
August 20, 2009
Type
District
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
09000642

About this property

Bowman–Zirkle Farm, also known as the Isaiah Bowman Farm, is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Edinburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The district encompasses seven contributing buildings and three contributing structures. The farmhouse was built in 1879, and is a two-story, three-bay, frame I-house dwelling with an integral wing. The remaining contributing resources are a 19th-century log-and-frame tenant house, a summer kitchen (c. 1823), frame meat house (c. 1880), a large bank barn (the Bowman barn, c. 1870); a barn shed, a second bank barn (the Painter barn, c. 1880), a frame granary (c. 1880), a wood-stave silo (c. 1900), and a large, two-story chicken house (c. 1920). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Location

12097 S. Middle Rd.
Edinburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia
38.80158, -78.62354

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When was Bowman-Zirkle Farm listed on the National Register?

Bowman-Zirkle Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 2009.

What type of historic resource is Bowman-Zirkle Farm?

Bowman-Zirkle Farm is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Bowman-Zirkle Farm?

The period of significance for Bowman-Zirkle Farm is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1823.

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