Smithfield Farm | |
Location | 568 Smithfield Ln., near Berryville, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°10′15″N77°54′02″W / 39.17083°N 77.90056°W |
Area | 347 acres (140 ha) |
Built | c. 1820 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 01000148 [1] |
VLR No. | 021-0349 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 16, 2001 |
Designated VLR | March 15, 2000 [2] |
Smithfield Farm is a historic plantation house and farm located near Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia, United States. The manor house was completed in 1824, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Federal style. It has a low-hipped roof and front and rear porticos. Also on the property are a schoolteacher's residence and a combination farm office and a summer kitchen, each with stepped parapet faҫades. Also on the property are the contributing large brick bank barn (1822), a brick equipment shed, a slave quarters, and a stone stable, all built around 1820, and a wooden barn (c. 1830). [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1] Presently the house is a popular bed & breakfast, and home to organic farmer and New York Times best-selling author [4] Forrest Pritchard, son of Ruth Smith Pritchard, owner of the bed and breakfast and a direct descendant of the original owners of Smithfield.
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