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 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 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. Jennifer Hallock (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Estes Farm" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos