Smithland Farm
Smithland Farm | |
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| Location | U.S. Route 35 between Lower Nine Mile Rd. and Lower Five Mile Rd., near Henderson, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°46′42″N 82°3′2″W / 38.77833°N 82.05056°W |
| Area | 800 acres (320 ha) |
| Built | 1869 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 03001061[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 17, 2003 |
Smithland Farm, also known as the General John McCausland Memorial Farm, is a historic home and farm located near Henderson, Mason County, West Virginia. The main house is two-story frame structure constructed in 1869. The house a side-gabled, two-story, weatherboarded frame structure with a two-story frame wing. The property includes a contributing corncrib (c. 1950), silo (c. 1930), pole barn (c. 1930s), barn (early 1900s), main barn (early 1900s), block school (c. 1915-1920), and Poffenbarger Cemetery (late 1900s). It was for many years part of a larger farm owned by Confederate General John McCausland. The West Virginia Department of Agriculture acquired the farm in 1981.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Michael J. Pulice (February 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Smithland Farm" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
External links
- Colonial Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Greek Revival houses in West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1869
- Houses in Mason County, West Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Mason County, West Virginia
- 1869 establishments in West Virginia
- Farms in West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs