Snake Creek Farm Historic District

Snake Creek Farm Historic District
Location VA 670 S of jct. with VA 674, Hillsville, Virginia
Coordinates 36°42′52″N 80°38′52″W / 36.71444°N 80.64778°W / 36.71444; -80.64778Coordinates: 36°42′52″N 80°38′52″W / 36.71444°N 80.64778°W / 36.71444; -80.64778
Area 9.5 acres (3.8 ha)
Architectural style Double-pile center-passage
NRHP Reference # 90002138[1]
VLR # 017-0008
Significant dates
Added to NRHP January 11, 1991
Designated VLR August 21, 1990[2]

Snake Creek Farm Historic District is a national historic district located near Hillsville, Virginia. The district encompasses four contributing buildings and one contributing site on Snake Creek Farm. They are the main house, a frame spring house and meathouse, and a frame two-room schoolhouse. Also located on the property is a large family cemetery. The main house was built about 1910, and is a 2 1/2-story, double-pile, center-passage-plan frame dwelling.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[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. Anne Stuart Beckett (June 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Snake Creek Farm Historic District" (PDF). and Accompanying photo


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