Four Locust Farm
National Register of Historic Places

Four Locust Farm

Keysville, Charlotte County, Virginia
Listed
December 3, 2009
Type
District
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
09001053

About this property

Four Locust Farm, also known as Pettus Dairy Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located near Keysville, Charlotte County, Virginia. The property includes a vernacular farm house dwelling, built around 1859, and a row of 20th-century farm buildings. The house is a two-story, three-bay-wide, frame dwelling that is covered by a low-pitched, hipped roof of standing-seam metal, and clad with weatherboards. Farm buildings include frame and masonry dairy/hay barns, silos, a milk house, workshop, equipment sheds, cattle pens, and tenant houses. The farm produced tobacco from 1919 until 1925; beginning in 1925, the farm turned to dairy production with a 100-head Holstein-Friesian herd. In 1962, the farm ended its dairy operations and turned to beef cattle production. The farm is now owned and operated by Pettus's grandson, Zach Tucker. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Location

Keysville, Charlotte County, Virginia
37.07057, -78.47922

Categories

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Briery Church
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Watkins House
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Keysville Railroad Station
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2.2 mi
Maple Roads
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2.4 mi
Falkland
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When was Four Locust Farm listed on the National Register?

Four Locust Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 3, 2009.

What type of historic resource is Four Locust Farm?

Four Locust Farm is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Four Locust Farm?

The period of significance for Four Locust Farm is recorded as the civil_war era.

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