Blue Ridge Farm (Upperville, Virginia)

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Blue Ridge Farm
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Blue Ridge Farmhouse, built 1935 (2007)
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Location1799 Blue Ridge Farm Rd., near Upperville, Virginia
Coordinates 38°57′49″N77°52′42″W / 38.96361°N 77.87833°W / 38.96361; -77.87833
Area517 acres (209 ha)
Built1791 (1791)
ArchitectWood, Waddy Butler; Shipman, Ellen Biddle, et al.
Architectural styleFederal, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 06000753 [1]
VLR No.030-0894
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 30, 2006
Designated VLRJune 8, 2006 [2]

Blue Ridge Farm is a historic home and farm located near Upperville, Fauquier County, Virginia. Californian Henry T. Oxnard (1860-1922) built a horse breeding operation at Blue Ridge Farm in 1903.

Overview

The property includes a two-story, rubble stone Federal era farmhouse known as Fountain Hill House (c. 1791) and its associated outbuildings and two contributing sites; a one-story Colonial Revival-style stone house known as Blue Ridge Farmhouse (1935) and its associated outbuildings, and formal landscape features around it; two tenant houses (Crawford House and Byington House, c. 1903); and several buildings associated with the farm's horse breeding industry, including three large broodmare stables (c. 1903); two stallion stables (stud barns, c. 1913); training stables, and an implement shed.

The property was purchased by Rear Admiral Cary Travers Grayson in 1928. [3] The Blue Ridge Farmhouse was designed for him by Washington, D.C. architect Waddy B. Wood.

Among Grayson's successful horses, Fluvanna was voted the retrospective American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. In 1938, Grayson's last year, he bred the mare On Hand to Kentucky Derby winner Brokers Tip to produce the colt Market Wise, which went on to become a multiple stakes winner and the 1943 U.S. Co-champion Handicap Horse.

As of 2006 members of the Grayson family still owned the property. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1]

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 September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Kim Prothro Williams (April 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blue Ridge Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos Archived 2013-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
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