Black Meadow

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Black Meadow (Wolf Trap Farm, Gordonsville, VA)
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Slave quarters at Black Meadow
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Location17379 Wolf Trap Dr., near Gordonsville, Virginia
Coordinates 38°10′01″N78°08′33″W / 38.16694°N 78.14250°W / 38.16694; -78.14250 Coordinates: 38°10′01″N78°08′33″W / 38.16694°N 78.14250°W / 38.16694; -78.14250
Area584.1 acres (236.4 ha)
Built1856 (1856)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 05001262 [1]
VLR No.068-0156
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 16, 2005
Designated VLRSeptember 14, 2005 [2]

Black Meadow (now known as "Wolftrap Farm") is a historic plantation house and farm complex located near Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia. The house was built in 1856, and is a 1+12-story, three-bay, Greek Revival style dwelling with a front gable roof. It was renovated in 1916, with the addition of a two-story wood-frame ell and realignment of interior spaces. Also on the property are the contributing milk house (c. 1916), (slave) tenant quarters (c. 1856), a dairy barn (c. 1943), a bent barn/stable (c. 1856), a multiuse barn/shed (c. 1856), and a tenant house (c. 1943). [3]

Black Meadow was one of the outlying farms owned and cultivated by James and Dolley Madison, whose Montpelier home lies just a few miles northwest.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]

The farm, known since the mid-1970s as Wolftrap Farm, is now operated as a wedding and events venue and seven homes on the farm are available as vacation rentals.

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References

  1. 1 2 "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. Gardiner Hallock and Kristie Baynard (May 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Black Meadow" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos