Clapham's Ferry

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Clapham's Ferry
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Location44344 E. Spinks Ferry Rd., Leesburg, Virginia
Coordinates 39°13′19″N77°27′52″W / 39.22194°N 77.46444°W / 39.22194; -77.46444
Area354.9 acres (143.6 ha)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 97001076 [1]
VLR No.053-0071
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 4, 1997
Designated VLRMarch 19, 1997 [2]

Clapham's Ferry, also known as Spinks Ferry, Lost Corner Farm, and Riverside, is a historic home located near Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. It consists of a 2+12-story, three-bay, Federal style main block of red sandstone, with a two-story sandstone kitchen addition built about 1849. It has a standing seam metal gable roof. Also on the property are the contributing log kitchen building, meat house, bank barn, corn crib, and tenant house. The property is also historically significant as the site of an early ferry crossing connecting Loudoun County, Virginia, with Maryland. [3]

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

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Josiah Clapham was a colonial merchant, military officer, and politician in Virginia who served as a member of the House of Burgesses and later the Virginia General Assembly, representing Loudoun County.

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 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Nathaniel Palmer Neblett (January 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Clapham's Ferry" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo