Grassdale Farm is a historic home located at Spencer, Henry County, Virginia. It was built about 1860, and is a two-story, center-passage-plan frame dwelling with Greek Revival and Greek Revival style influences. Two-story ells have been added to the rear of the main section, creating an overall "U" form. Also on the property are a variety of contributing buildings and outbuildings including a kitchen, smokehouse, cook's house, log dwelling, and office / caretaker's house dated to the 19th century; and a garage, playhouse, poultry house, two barns, greenhouse, Mack Watkin's House, granary and corn crib, and Spencer Store and Post Office dated to the 1940s-1950s. Grassdale Farm was once owned by Thomas Jefferson Penn, who built Chinqua-Penn Plantation outside Reidsville, North Carolina, where the Penn tobacco-manufacturing interests were located.[3]
Grassdale Farm | |
 Roadside view | |
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| Location | 187 Spencer Penn Rd., Spencer, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°36′58″N 80°00′37″W / 36.61611°N 80.01028°W |
| Area | 90 acres (36 ha) |
| Built | c. 1860 |
| Built by | Stanley Bowles, Mr. Taylor |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000587[1] |
| VLR No. | 044-0010 |
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| Added to NRHP | May 30, 2002 |
| Designated VLR | March 13, 2002[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ J. Daniel Pezzoni (December 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Grassdale Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo