Clifton is a historic home and farm located near Rixeyville, Culpeper County, Virginia. It was built around 1845, and is a two-story frame dwelling, built in the Greek Revival style, with wings constructed about 1850 and about 1910. Also on the property is a "street" of contributing outbuildings dated to the 19th and early 20th centuries. They include an antebellum two-story frame kitchen with a wide stone chimney; a 19th-century frame bank barn; a stone ash house, an icehouse, a chicken house, and a small frame barn, all built around 1918; a frame chicken house constructed about 1950; and a large center-aisle frame corncrib and spring house built about 1930.[3]
Clifton | |
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| Location | 7091 Monumental Mills Rd., Rixeyville, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°36′34″N 78°00′24″W / 38.60944°N 78.00667°W |
| Area | 241 acres (98 ha) |
| Built | 1845 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Bungalow/craftsman |
| NRHP reference No. | 08000911[1] |
| VLR No. | 023-5230 |
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| Added to NRHP | September 17, 2008 |
| Designated VLR | June 19, 2008[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Gibson Worsham (April 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Clifton" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.