Smithfield Farm
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Smithfield Farm
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Smithfield, April 2013
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| Location | 568 Smithfield Ln., near Berryville, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | 347 acres (140 ha) |
| Built | c. 1820 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP Reference # | 01000148[1] |
| VLR # | 021-0349 |
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| Added to NRHP | February 16, 2001 |
| Designated VLR | March 15, 2000[2] |
Smithfield Farm is a historic plantation house and farm located near Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia. The manor house was completed in 1824, and is a two-story, five bay, brick dwelling in the Federal-style. It has a low hipped roof and front and rear porticos. Also on the property are the a schoolteacher's residence and a combination farm office and a summer kitchen, each with stepped parapet facades. Also on the property are the contributing large brick bank barn (1822), a brick equipment shed, a slave quarters, and a stone stable, all built around 1820, and a wooden barn (c. 1830).[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1] Presently the house is a popular bed & breakfast, and home to organic farmer and New York Times bestselling author[4] Forrest Pritchard.
References
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- Plantation houses in Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Clarke County, Virginia
- Federal architecture in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1824
- Houses in Clarke County, Virginia
- Farms in Virginia
- Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Clarke County, Virginia geography stubs
