National Register of Historic Places

Sanders Farm

Max Meadows, Wythe County, Virginia
Listed
May 21, 2003
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
03000454

About this property

Sanders Farm is a historic home and farm located at Max Meadows, Wythe County, Virginia. The Brick House was built about 1880, and is a two-story, T-shaped, Queen Anne-style brick farmhouse. It features ornamental gables and porches. Also on the property are the contributing cold frame with a stepped front parapet (c. 1900), a vaulted stone spring house, a one-story brick servants quarters (c. 1880), a cinder block store with an upstairs apartment and an accompanying privy (1950s), a frame vehicle repair shop (c. 1920s), a stone reservoir (1880s) two corn crib, a frame gambrel-roofed barn, a one-story tenant house (c. 1920), stone bridge abutments, and the site of the Hematite Iron Company Mine (late 1880s), a complex of rock formations and tram line beds. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Location

3908 Fort Chiswell Rd.
Max Meadows, Wythe County, Virginia
36.87889, -80.86717

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Sources

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Nearby Battles

Stoneman's Raid – Wytheville
1865Civil War
12.9 mi
Battle of Wytheville (July 18, 1863)
1863Civil War
12.9 mi

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When was Sanders Farm listed on the National Register?

Sanders Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 21, 2003.

What type of historic resource is Sanders Farm?

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

What is the period of significance for Sanders Farm?

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

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