Doe Creek Farm

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Doe Creek Farm

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Location 412 Doe Creek Farm Rd., near Pearisburg, Virginia
Coordinates 37°19′40″N80°34′36″W / 37.32778°N 80.57667°W / 37.32778; -80.57667 Coordinates: 37°19′40″N80°34′36″W / 37.32778°N 80.57667°W / 37.32778; -80.57667
Area 415 acres (168 ha)
Built 1883 (1883)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 100001079 [1]
Added to NRHP June 12, 2017

Doe Creek Farm is a historic farm property at 412 Doe Creek Farm Road in rural Giles County, Virginia. The farm, over 400 acres (160 ha) in size, is anchored by a Greek Revival farmhouse built in 1883, and includes several surviving 19th-century outbuildings, including a smokehouse and honey house. The property is a mix of woodland, pasture, and apple orchards. The farm was established as an orchard and stock farm in 1883 by Samuel and Mollie Hoge, on a plantation estate that had been in his father's hands (whose estate house has not survived). [2] The farm was purchased from the Hoges in 1978 by William and Rosemary Freeman, and it is still owned and operated by Freeman family descendants. The farm has continuously operated as an apple orchard and stock farm since its establishment. The orchard was converted from a commercial to a U-Pick operation and the 1930s commercial packing house was converted to a wedding venue in 2013.

Giles County, Virginia County in the United States

Giles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia on the West Virginia state line. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,286. Its county seat is Pearisburg.

The farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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