Zehmer Farm
National Register of Historic Places

Zehmer Farm

McKenney, Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Listed
September 29, 2009
Type
District
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
09000793

About this property

Zehmer Farm is a historic home and farm complex located near McKenney, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. The farmhouse was built about 1905, and is a one-story, frame L-shaped dwelling with a broad hipped roof and wings added to both sides. Also on the property are a collection of outbuildings and farm structures – including animal shelters, corn crib, flue-cured tobacco barns, dairy barn and milk houses, and the sites of tenant houses, a butcher house, fire-cured tobacco barns and a sawmill. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Location

9818 Jack Zehmer Rd.
McKenney, Dinwiddie County, Virginia
36.98619, -77.73688

Categories

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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 Zehmer Farm listed on the National Register?

Zehmer Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 2009.

What type of historic resource is Zehmer Farm?

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

What is the period of significance for Zehmer Farm?

The period of significance for Zehmer Farm is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1905.

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