National Register of Historic Places

Thorndale Farm

Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia
Listed
August 14, 2016
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
16000528

About this property

Thorndale Farm is a historic farm property at 652 North Buckton Road, in rural Frederick County, Virginia east of Middletown. The property, over 41 acres (17 ha) in size, includes a wood-frame farmhouse built about 1790 and enlarged and restyled in the Greek Revival about 1855, as well as a later 19th-century barn and a c. 1840 meathouse. It was originally part of a much larger land grant made to John Larrock, a militia captain the American Revolutionary War. Part of the farm was involved in the 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek in the American Civil War. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

Location

652 N. Buckton Rd.
Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia

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Sources

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

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Questions about this property

When was Thorndale Farm listed on the National Register?

Thorndale Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2016.

What type of historic resource is Thorndale Farm?

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

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