Bowman-Zirkle Farm

Bowman-Zirkle Farm
Location 12097 S. Middle Rd., near Edinburg, Virginia
Coordinates 38°47′56″N 78°37′33″W / 38.79889°N 78.62583°W / 38.79889; -78.62583Coordinates: 38°47′56″N 78°37′33″W / 38.79889°N 78.62583°W / 38.79889; -78.62583
Area 285.9 acres (115.7 ha)
Built 1823 (1823), 1879
Architectural style Late Victorian, I house
NRHP Reference # 09000642[1]
VLR # 085-0438
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 21, 2009
Designated VLR June 18, 2009[2]

Bowman-Zirkle Farm, also known as the Isaiah Bowman Farm, is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Edinburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The district encompasses seven contributing buildings and three contributing structures. The farmhouse was built in 1879, and is a two-story, three bay, frame I-house dwelling with an integral wing. The remaining contributing resources are a 19th-century log-and-frame tenant house, a summer kitchen (c. 1823), frame meat house (c. 1880), a large bank barn (the Bowman barn, c. 1870); a barn shed, a second bank barn (the Painter barn, c. 1880), a frame granary (c. 1880), a wood-stave silo (c. 1900), and a large, two-story chicken house (c. 1920).[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  3. James C. Massey and Shirley Maxwell (March 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bowman-Zirkle Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying 13 photos


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