National Register of Historic Places

Toombs Tobacco Farm

Red Oak, Charlotte County, Virginia
Listed
January 28, 2000
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
00000027

About this property

Toombs Tobacco Farm is a historic home and farm complex located near Red Oak, Charlotte County, Virginia, USA. Contributing resources include the main residence, summer kitchen, family cemetery, tobacco barns, smoke house, animal pens and other ancillary structures. The main house is a 1+1⁄2-story wood frame dwelling with a standing seam metal roof in a vernacular Federal style. A two-story rear addition was built about 1910. The Toombs family owned the property from the 1830s until 1981. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

Location

1125 Tates Mill Rd.
Red Oak, Charlotte County, Virginia
36.78497, -78.59231

Categories

AGRICULTUREARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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

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When was Toombs Tobacco Farm listed on the National Register?

Toombs Tobacco Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 2000.

What type of historic resource is Toombs Tobacco Farm?

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

What is the period of significance for Toombs Tobacco Farm?

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

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