Burrland Farm Historic District

Burrland Farm Historic District is a historic home and farm complex and national historic district located near Middleburg, Fauquier County, Virginia. The district encompasses 22 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, 14 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object on a 458-acre thoroughbred horse breeding and training farm. The buildings were built between 1927 and 1932, and include a Georgian Revival style training barn, a polo barn, a stallion barn, two broodmare barns, a yearling barn, a field shed, an equipment shed, a farm manager's house / office, a trainer's cottage, a mess hall quarters, a foreman's dwelling, three mash houses, five garages, a pumphouse, and a feed and storage warehouse. The contributing structures include a silo, a springhouse, three loading chutes, two teasing chutes, two rings, three run-in sheds, one sun hut and an entrance gate. The original Burrland house was built in 1879, expanded in 1927 by architect William Lawrence Bottomley, and burned down in 1961.[3]

Burrland Farm Historic District
LocationBurrland Ln., near Middleburg, Virginia
Coordinates38°56′37″N 77°45′22″W
Area458 acres (185 ha)
Builtc. 1927 (1927)-1932
ArchitectBottomley, William Lawrence
Architectural styleGeorgian Revival
NRHP reference No.97001406[1]
VLR No.030-1017
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 7, 1997
Designated VLRJuly 2, 1997[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Janet G. Murphy (January 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Burrland Farm Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map Archived September 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine


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