Jones Farm (Kenbridge, Virginia)
Jones Farm | |
 Distant view from the road | |
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| Location | VA 609, approximately .75 mi. N of jct. with VA 613, near Kenbridge, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°54′2″N 78°6′44″W / 36.90056°N 78.11222°W |
| Area | 359 acres (145 ha) |
| Built | c. 1835, c. 1846 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 96001052[1] |
| VLR No. | 055-0182 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 27, 1996 |
| Designated VLR | June 19, 1996[2] |
The Jones Farm is a historic tobacco plantation house and farm located near Kenbridge, Lunenburg County, Virginia. It was built about 1846, and is a two-story, three-bay, frame I-house with a rear ell dated to about 1835. It is sheathed in original weatherboard and has a side gable roof. It features a front porch with Greek Revival style characteristics. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse, ice house, granary, storage barn, tobacco storage facility, dairy stable, corncrib, two chicken coops, five tobacco barns, three tenant farmhouses, and the sites of a well house and tool shed.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ William G. Duggins, Jr. and Susan G. Bright (April 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Jones Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
Categories:
- Plantation houses in Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Greek Revival houses in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1846
- Houses in Lunenburg County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Lunenburg County, Virginia
- Southern Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs