National Register of Historic Places

Home Farm

Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia
Listed
August 9, 2007
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
07000828

About this property

Home Farm is a historic home located near Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. The original log section of the house was built about 1757, with a stone addition built about 1810, a frame addition built about 1830, and a frame kitchen addition built about 1930. It is an L-shaped, two-story, single-pile vernacular house clad in wood siding, random rubble fieldstone, and brick veneer laid. The interior exhibits stylistic influences of the Federal style. Also on the property are a contributing early-20th century henhouse, the stone foundation of a spring house, and a dry-laid fieldstone wall. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. In 2019, Home Farm 1760 was established at "Home Farm" specializing in organic locally sourced produce, botanicals, and products.

Location

40332 Mount Gilead
Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia
39.07719, -77.60776

Categories

AGRICULTUREEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Home Farm listed on the National Register?

Home Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 9, 2007.

What type of historic resource is Home Farm?

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

What is the period of significance for Home Farm?

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

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