River House (Virginia)

River House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	US 17/50, 2.5 mi. E of Millwood, near Millwood, Virginia
Coordinates	39°02′26″N78°00′09″W / 39.04056°N 78.00250°W / 39.04056; -78.00250
Area	17 acres (6.9 ha)
Built	c. 1820 (1820)
Architectural style	Early Republic, Vernacular Federal
Part of	Greenway Historic District (ID93001133)
NRHP reference No.	93001440 [1]
VLR No.	021-0064
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 23, 1993
Designated CP	November 4, 1993
Designated VLR	October 20, 1993 [2]

River House, also known as The Ferry Farm, is a historic plantation house located near Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia. It was built about 1820, and is a two-story, five-bay, rubble limestone dwelling in a vernacular Federal-style. It has a gable roof with wide interior-end chimneys. Also on the property is a rare three-part slave or servants' house and an early smokehouse. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. ^[1] It is located in the Greenway Historic District.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Clarke County, Virginia

References

1. "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 June 5, 2013.
3. Calder Loth (August 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: River House" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo