Kenmore Farm
Kenmore Farm | |
 Farmhouse seen from Kenmore Road | |
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| Location | 369 Kenmore Rd., Amherst, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°35′35″N 79°5′26″W / 37.59306°N 79.09056°W |
| Area | 131.6 acres (53.3 ha) |
| Built | c. 1856 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 15000012[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 17, 2015 |
Kenmore Farm is a historic farm and educational property at 369 Kenmore Road, just outside Amherst, Virginia. The centerpiece of the more than 130-acre (53 ha) property is a c. 1856 brick Greek Revival farmhouse, built by Samuel Garland, Sr., a prominent local lawyer and politician. The property was used intermittently between 1872 and 1899 as a preparatory high school, operated by Henry Aubrey Strode, who later became the first president of Clemson University. As such, its building complex includes a dormitory and apartment building in addition to a variety of mainly agricultural outbuildings, among which are a corn crib and barn, and the remnants of an outdoor summer kitchen. The property has seen predominantly agricultural use in the 20th century.[2]
The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Kenmore Farm" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
- Houses in Amherst County, Virginia
- Houses completed in 1856
- Greek Revival houses in Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Amherst County, Virginia
- Central Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs