Shenandoah County Farm

Shenandoah County Farm
One of the outbuildings
Location North side VA 654, 4,000 feet (1,200 m) east of the junction with US 11, near Maurertown, Virginia
Coordinates 38°55′58″N 78°26′52″W / 38.93278°N 78.44778°W / 38.93278; -78.44778Coordinates: 38°55′58″N 78°26′52″W / 38.93278°N 78.44778°W / 38.93278; -78.44778
Area 166.4 acres (67.3 ha)
Built 1829 (1829), c. 1850
Architectural style Federal
NRHP reference # 93001122[1]
VLR # 085-0086
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 29, 1993
Designated VLR August 18, 1993[2]

Shenandoah County Farm, also known as the Shenandoah County Almshouse and Beckford Parish Glebe Farm, is a historic almshouse and poor farm located near Maurertown, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The almshouse was built in 1829, and is a large, brick Federal style institutional building. It consists of a two-story, five bay central section flanked by one-story, eight bay, flanking wings. A nearly identical building is at the Frederick County Poor Farm. A two-story, rear kitchen wing was added about 1850. Also on the property are the contributing stone spring house, a large modern frame barn (1952), a frame meat house (1894), a cemetery, and a portion of an American Civil War encampment site, occupied by Union troops prior to the Battle of Tom's Brook.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

It was destroyed by fire in the early morning of April 13, 2014.[4]

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 2013-03-12.
  3. ↑ Shirley Maxwell; James C. Massey & Mary Kell (April 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Shenandoah County Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. ↑ http://www.whsv.com/home/headlines/Fire-Destroys-Historic-Alms-House-at-Shenandoah-County-Farm-255090411.html


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