National Register of Historic Places

Hare Forest Farm

Orange, Orange County, Virginia
Listed
January 28, 1992
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
91002016

About this property

Hare Forest Farm is a historic home and farm complex located near Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States. The main house was built in three sections starting about 1815. It consists of a two-story, four-bay, brick center block in the Federal style, a two-story brick dining room wing which dates from the early 20th century, and a mid-20th-century brick kitchen wing. Also on the property are the contributing stone garage, a 19th-century frame smokehouse with attached barn, an early-20th-century frame barn, a vacant early-20th-century tenant house, a stone tower, an early-20th-century frame tenant house, an abandoned storage house, as well as the stone foundations of three dwellings of undetermined date. The land was once owned by William Strother, maternal grandfather of Zachary Taylor, and it has often been claimed that the future president was born on the property. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Location

Orange, Orange County, Virginia
38.28724, -78.07895

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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

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Nearby Battles

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When was Hare Forest Farm listed on the National Register?

Hare Forest Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 1992.

What type of historic resource is Hare Forest Farm?

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

What is the period of significance for Hare Forest Farm?

The period of significance for Hare Forest Farm is recorded as the industrial era.

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