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Myrtle Hall Farm

Coordinates: 39°04′59″N 77°50′08″W / 39.08306°N 77.83556°W / 39.08306; -77.83556
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Myrtle Hall Farm
Entry, Myrtle Hall Farm, September 2012
Myrtle Hall Farm is located in Northern Virginia
Myrtle Hall Farm
Myrtle Hall Farm is located in Virginia
Myrtle Hall Farm
Myrtle Hall Farm is located in the United States
Myrtle Hall Farm
Location19305 Ridgeside Rd., Bluemont, Virginia
Coordinates39°04′59″N 77°50′08″W / 39.08306°N 77.83556°W / 39.08306; -77.83556
Area40 acres (16 ha)
Builtc. 1813 (1813)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.06000408[1]
VLR No.053-1059
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 17, 2006
Designated VLRMarch 8, 2006[2]

Myrtle Hall Farm, also known as Meadow Farm, is a historic plantation house and farm located near Bluemont, Loudoun County, Virginia. The original section of the house was built about 1813, and consists of a two-story, brick main block with a smaller two-story service wing and single story kitchen addition. A two-story library addition was built in about 1850. The house is in the Federal style. Also on the property are the contributing stone springhouse (c.1813), The Mordecai Throckmorton Family Cemetery, wood shed (c. 1850), stone-lined well (c. 1813), tenant house (1949), two-story guest house (1930, 1949), tennis court (c. 1949), and stone entry (c. 1949).[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Nicholas E. Karangelen (November 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Myrtle Hall Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos