Nealy Gordon Farm

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Nealy Gordon Farm
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LocationOff VA 637, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of the junction with VA 603, Brush Harbor, Virginia
Coordinates 37°11′40″N80°18′7″W / 37.19444°N 80.30194°W / 37.19444; -80.30194 Coordinates: 37°11′40″N80°18′7″W / 37.19444°N 80.30194°W / 37.19444; -80.30194
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Architectural styleSingle-pen plan
MPS Montgomery County MPS
NRHP reference No. 89001805 [1]
VLR No.060-0392
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1989
Designated VLRJune 20, 1989 [2]

Nealy Gordon Farm is a historic home and farm located at Brush Harbor, Montgomery County, Virginia. The farmhouse was built in three sections beginning in the post-American Civil War era and ending in about 1920. It is a small two-story saddlebag farmhouse, that started as a nearly square log single-pen dwelling of two stories. Also on the property are the contributing frame meathouse, privy, spring house with lattice-enclosed forebay, hog shed, two large barns, and corn crib. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [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. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Gibson Worsham (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Nealy Gordon Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo