Estes Farm

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Estes Farm
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Barns along Simmons Gap Road
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Location6185 Estes Ln., near Dyke, Virginia
Coordinates 38°12′21″N78°29′41″W / 38.20583°N 78.49472°W / 38.20583; -78.49472
Area265 acres (107 ha)
Builtc. 1840 (1840), c. 1840
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No. 06000409 [1]
VLR No.002-0524
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 17, 2006
Designated VLRMarch 8, 2006 [2]

Estes Farm is a historic home and farm complex located near Dyke, Albemarle County, Virginia. It includes a c. 1840 log dwelling and a c. 1880 wood framed main house, as well as numerous supporting outbuildings including a large barn (c. 1840), an icehouse/well house (c. 1880), a tenant house (c. 1880), the log dwelling (c. 1840), a small hay/tobacco barn (c. 1920), a garage (c. 1900), and three small sheds. Also on the property is a contributing truss bridge (c. 1915). The house is a two-story, three-bay frame I-house building with a hipped roof. A two-story half-hipped central rear ell was added in 1976. It is representative of a transitional Greek Revival / Italianate style. It features a one-story three-bay porch fronting the central entrance, and exterior-end brick chimneys. [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [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. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  3. Jennifer Hallock (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Estes Farm" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos