Clapham's Ferry

Clapham's Ferry
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	44344 E. Spinks Ferry Rd., Leesburg, Virginia
Coordinates	39°13′19″N77°27′52″W / 39.22194°N 77.46444°W / 39.22194; -77.46444
Area	354.9 acres (143.6 ha)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	97001076 [1]
VLR No.	053-0071
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 4, 1997
Designated VLR	March 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+1⁄2-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]

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 September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 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