McClung Farm Historic District

McClung Farm Historic District
Clover Creek Presbyterian Church, part of the historic district
Location Address Restricted, McDowell, Virginia
Coordinates 38°16′11″N 79°32′31″W / 38.26972°N 79.54194°W / 38.26972; -79.54194Coordinates: 38°16′11″N 79°32′31″W / 38.26972°N 79.54194°W / 38.26972; -79.54194
Area 202 acres (82 ha)
Built 1844 (1844)
Built by Smiley, James
Architectural style Federal, Vernacular Federal
NRHP reference # 90002195[1]
VLR # 045-0011
Significant dates
Added to NRHP January 25, 1991
Designated VLR August 21, 1990[2]

McClung Farm Historic District is a historic home and national historic district located at McDowell, Highland County, Virginia. The district encompasses seven contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and three contributing structures. The main house was built in 1844, and is a two-story, five bay, brick dwelling with a single-pile, central-passage plan and an original two-story rear addition in a vernacular Federal style. It has a three bay wide front porch. The contributing buildings and structures besides the house include: a large barn, a small barn, a cattle ramp, an outhouse, a corncrib, a smokehouse, a shed, and the Clover Creek Presbyterian Church and its outhouse. The contributing sites are a wood shed foundation, the ruins of the McClung Mill, and the Clover Creek Presbyterian Church cemetery.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Charles M. Wilke and Lorraine G. White (August 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: McClung Farm Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.


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