Jump to content

Jones Farm (Kenbridge, Virginia)

Coordinates: 36°54′2″N 78°6′44″W / 36.90056°N 78.11222°W / 36.90056; -78.11222
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jones Farm
Distant view from the road
Jones Farm (Kenbridge, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Jones Farm (Kenbridge, Virginia)
Jones Farm (Kenbridge, Virginia) is located in the United States
Jones Farm (Kenbridge, Virginia)
LocationVA 609, approximately .75 mi. N of jct. with VA 613, near Kenbridge, Virginia
Coordinates36°54′2″N 78°6′44″W / 36.90056°N 78.11222°W / 36.90056; -78.11222
Area359 acres (145 ha)
Builtc. 1835 (1835), c. 1846
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.96001052[1]
VLR No.055-0182
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 27, 1996
Designated VLRJune 19, 1996[2]

The Jones Farm is a historic tobacco plantation house and farm located near Kenbridge, Lunenburg County, Virginia. It was built about 1846, and is a two-story, three-bay, frame I-house with a rear ell dated to about 1835. It is sheathed in original weatherboard and has a side gable roof. It features a front porch with Greek Revival style characteristics. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse, ice house, granary, storage barn, tobacco storage facility, dairy stable, corncrib, two chicken coops, five tobacco barns, three tenant farmhouses, and the sites of a well house and tool shed.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "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. ^ William G. Duggins, Jr. and Susan G. Bright (April 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Jones Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo