Rose Hill Farm (Upperville, Virginia)

Rose Hill Farm
Location North side of US 50, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the junction with VA 713, Upperville, Virginia
Coordinates 38°59′01″N 77°49′49″W / 38.98361°N 77.83028°W / 38.98361; -77.83028Coordinates: 38°59′01″N 77°49′49″W / 38.98361°N 77.83028°W / 38.98361; -77.83028
Area 72 acres (29 ha)
Built 1820 (1820)
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Federal
NRHP Reference # 94000986[1]
VLR # 053-0001
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 25, 1994
Designated VLR June 15, 1994[2]

Rose Hill Farm is a home and farm located near Upperville, Loudoun County, Virginia. The original section of the house was built about 1820, and is 2 1/2-story, five bay, gable roofed brick dwelling in the Federal style. The front facade features an elaborate two-story porch with cast-iron decoration in a grape-vine pattern that was added possibly in the 1850s. Also on the property are the contributing 1 1/2-story, brick former slave quarters / smokehouse / dairy (c. 1820); one-story, log meat house; frame octagonal icehouse; 3 1/2-story, three-bay, gable-roofed, stone granary (1850s); a 19th-century, arched. stone bridge; family cemetery; and 19th century stone wall.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[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 5 June 2013.
  3. Geoffrey B. Henry (April 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rose Hill Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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