David and Catherine Driver Farm

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David and Catherine Driver Farm
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Location3796 Long Meadow Drive, Timberville, Virginia
Coordinates 38°36′51″N78°44′43″W / 38.614208°N 78.745197°W / 38.614208; -78.745197 Coordinates: 38°36′51″N78°44′43″W / 38.614208°N 78.745197°W / 38.614208; -78.745197
Area82.3 acres (33.3 ha)
Built1839 (1839)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No. 07000415 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 8, 2007

The David and Catherine Driver Farm is a historic farmstead in rural Rockingham County, Virginia, near Timberville. The main house, a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, was built c. 1845 and has Greek Revival styling. It was extended in the 1880s, giving it a T-shape and adding Victorian details such as bull's eye window in the front gable. The farm's most notable building is a c. 1839 barn, a rare survivor of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 through the area, in which the Union Army under General Philip Sheridan destroyed most barns. [2]

The farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Notes on Virginia, Number 51 (2007)" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved 2014-03-30.