Rose Hill Farm (Upperville, Virginia)

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Rose Hill Farm
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LocationNorth side of US 50, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the junction with VA 713, Upperville, Virginia
Coordinates 38°59′01″N77°49′49″W / 38.98361°N 77.83028°W / 38.98361; -77.83028
Area72 acres (29 ha)
Built1820 (1820)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No. 94000986 [1]
VLR No.053-0001
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 25, 1994
Designated VLRJune 15, 1994 [2]

Rose Hill Farm is a home and farm located near Upperville, Loudoun County, Virginia. The original section of the house was built about 1820, and is 2+12-story, five-bay, gable roofed brick dwelling in the federal style. The front facade features an elaborate two-story porch with cast-iron decoration in a grapevine pattern that was added possibly in the 1850s. Also on the property are the contributing 1+12-story, brick former slave quarters / smokehouse / dairy (c.1820); one-story, log meat house; frame octagonal icehouse; 3+12-story, three-bay, gable-roofed, stone granary (1850s); a 19th-century, arched stone bridge; family cemetery; and 19th-century stone wall. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [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. Geoffrey B. Henry (April 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rose Hill Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo