Green Pastures
National Register of Historic Places

Green Pastures

Middleburg, Fauquier County, Virginia
Listed
May 28, 2002
Type
District
Period
Colonial
Ref No.
02000596

About this property

Green Pastures is a historic home and farm complex and national historic district located near Middleburg, Fauquier County, Virginia. Recognized as having been owned by industrialist and financier Robert Earll McConnell, the district encompasses 13 contributing buildings built between 1931 and 1947. The include a Colonial Revival style manor house inspired by Mount Vernon, a smokehouse, stable, hostlers' quarters, farmer's cottage, garage and cow shed, chicken house and cow barn designed by New York architect Penrose V. Stout and built between 1931 and 1932; a stone sheep shed, a masonry workshop, a metal machine shed and log cabin built between 1935 and 1947. The frame manor house consist of a 2+1⁄2-story, seven-bay central section flanked by hyphens connected to two-story flanking wings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Location

2337 Zulla Rd.
Middleburg, Fauquier County, Virginia
38.94087, -77.76406

Categories

ARCHITECTUREPOLITICS/GOVERNMENTINDUSTRYSCIENCE
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Sources

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When was Green Pastures listed on the National Register?

Green Pastures was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 28, 2002.

What type of historic resource is Green Pastures?

Green Pastures is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Green Pastures?

The period of significance for Green Pastures is recorded as the colonial era, specifically around 1931.

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