Grassdale Farm
National Register of Historic Places

Grassdale Farm

Spencer, Henry County, Virginia
Listed
May 29, 2002
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
02000587

About this property

Grassdale Farm is a historic home located at Spencer, Henry County, Virginia. It was built about 1860, and is a two-story, center-passage-plan frame dwelling with Greek Revival and Greek Revival style influences. Two-story ells have been added to the rear of the main section, creating an overall "U" form. Also on the property are a variety of contributing buildings and outbuildings including a kitchen, smokehouse, cook's house, log dwelling, and office / caretaker's house dated to the 19th century; and a garage, playhouse, poultry house, two barns, greenhouse, Mack Watkin's House, granary and corn crib, and Spencer Store and Post Office dated to the 1940s-1950s. Grassdale Farm was once owned by Thomas Jefferson Penn, who built Chinqua-Penn Plantation outside Reidsville, North Carolina, where the Penn tobacco-manufacturing interests were located. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Location

187 Spencer Penn Rd.
Spencer, Henry County, Virginia
36.61671, -80.00977

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Spencer-Penn School
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0.2 mi
Bassett, John D., High School
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0.2 mi
Aurora
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2.6 mi
Marshall Field and Company Clubhouse
Pre Contact
6.7 mi
Belleview
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6.8 mi

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When was Grassdale Farm listed on the National Register?

Grassdale Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 2002.

What type of historic resource is Grassdale Farm?

Grassdale Farm is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Grassdale Farm?

The period of significance for Grassdale Farm is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1860.

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