The Farm
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Front of the house
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Location | Lawndale Dr., Rocky Mount, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°59′21″N 79°53′34.5″W / 36.98917°N 79.892917°WCoordinates: 36°59′21″N 79°53′34.5″W / 36.98917°N 79.892917°W |
Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
Built | 1856 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 89001910 |
VLR # | 157-0021 |
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Added to NRHP | November 2, 1989 |
Designated VLR | February 21, 1989 |
The Farm is a historic home located at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia. The house was probably built during the late-18th century, expanded in the 1820s, and heavily remodeled in the Greek Revival style around 1856. It is a two-story, frame dwelling sheathed in weatherboard with a single-pile, central-passage-plan. It features a two-story, projecting front porch. Later additions were made in the late-19th and early-20th century. Also on the property are a contributing one-story brick slave quarters/summer kitchen and the site of a farm office marked by a stone chimney. The house was used as the ironmaster's house for the nearby Washington Iron Furnace.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.