Meadow Grove Farm
National Register of Historic Places

Meadow Grove Farm

Amissville, Rappahannock County, Virginia
Listed
September 4, 2006
Type
District
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
06000803

About this property

Meadow Grove Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located at Amissville, Rappahannock County, Virginia. It encompasses 13 contributing buildings and 5 contributing sites. The main house was constructed in four distinct building phases from about 1820 to 1965. The oldest section is a 1 1/2-story log structure, with a two-story Greek Revival style main block added about 1860. A two-story brick addition, built in 1965, replaced a two-story wing added in 1881. In addition to the main house the remaining contributing resources include a tenant house/slave quarters, a schoolhouse, a summer kitchen, a meat house, a machine shed, a blacksmith shop, a barn, a chicken coop, a chicken house, two granaries, and a corn crib; a cemetery, an icehouse ruin, two former sites of the present schoolhouse, and the original site of the log granary. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

Location

21 Meadow Grove Ln.
Amissville, Rappahannock County, Virginia
38.68241, -78.08188

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Sources

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When was Meadow Grove Farm listed on the National Register?

Meadow Grove Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 4, 2006.

What type of historic resource is Meadow Grove Farm?

Meadow Grove Farm is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Meadow Grove Farm?

The period of significance for Meadow Grove Farm is recorded as the civil_war era.

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