Shenandoah County Farm, also known as the Shenandoah County Almshouse and Beckford Parish Glebe Farm, is a historic almshouse and poor farm located near Maurertown, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The almshouse was built in 1829, and is a large, brick Federal style institutional building. It consists of a two-story, five-bay central section flanked by one-story, eight-bay, flanking wings. A nearly identical building is at the Frederick County Poor Farm. A two-story, rear kitchen wing was added about 1850. Also on the property are the contributing stone spring house, a large modern frame barn (1952), a frame meat house (1894), a cemetery, and a portion of an American Civil War encampment site, occupied by Union troops prior to the Battle of Tom's Brook.[3]
Shenandoah County Farm | |
 One of the outbuildings | |
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| Location | North side VA 654, 4,000 feet (1,200 m) east of the junction with US 11, near Maurertown, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°55′58″N 78°26′52″W / 38.93278°N 78.44778°W |
| Area | 166.4 acres (67.3 ha) |
| Built | 1829, c. 1850 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 93001122[1] |
| VLR No. | 085-0086 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 29, 1993 |
| Designated VLR | August 18, 1993[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
It was destroyed by fire in the early morning of April 13, 2014.[4]
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 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
- ^ Shirley Maxwell; James C. Massey & Mary Kell (April 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Shenandoah County Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- ^ "Fire Destroys Historic Alms House at Shenandoah County Farm". www.whsv.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-18.