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Wall Brook Farm

Coordinates: 38°37′52″N 78°32′43″W / 38.63111°N 78.54528°W / 38.63111; -78.54528
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Wall Brook Farm
Front of the house
Wall Brook Farm is located in Virginia
Wall Brook Farm
Wall Brook Farm is located in the United States
Wall Brook Farm
Location967 Longs Rd., near Luray, Virginia
Coordinates38°37′52″N 78°32′43″W / 38.63111°N 78.54528°W / 38.63111; -78.54528
Area88 acres (36 ha)
Built1824 (1824)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.02001375[1]
VLR No.069-0011
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 22, 2002
Designated VLRSeptember 11, 2002[2]

Wall Brook Farm is a historic home and farm complex located near Luray, Page County, Virginia. The farmhouse was built about 1824, and is a two-story, six-bay, Federal style brick dwelling with a gable roof. It has a center-passage-plan and 1+12-story frame addition linked to a gambrel-roofed garage. The front facade features a full-facade one-story front porch. Located on the property are the contributing meathouse / wash house (c. 1890), wall and foot bridge, barn (1870s), dairy barn and milkhouse (c. 1950), shed (c. 1950), and the Brubaker Cemetery.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[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. ^ J. Daniel Pezzoni (May 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wall Brook Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo