Black Meadow Explained

Black Meadow (Wolf Trap Farm, Gordonsville, VA)
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 14, 2005[1]
Designated Other1 Number:068-0156
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:17379 Wolf Trap Dr., near Gordonsville, Virginia
Coordinates:38.1669°N -78.1425°W
Architecture:Greek Revival, Colonial Revival
Added:November 16, 2005
Refnum:05001262

Black Meadow (now known as "Wolftrap Farm") is a historic plantation house and farm complex located near Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia. The house was built in 1856, and is a -story, three-bay, Greek Revival style dwelling with a front gable roof. It was renovated in 1916, with the addition of a two-story wood-frame ell and realignment of interior spaces. Also on the property are the contributing milk house (c. 1916), slave quarters (c. 1856), a dairy barn (c. 1943), a bent barn/stable (c. 1856), a multiuse barn/shed (c. 1856), and a tenant house (c. 1943).[2]

Black Meadow was one of the outlying farms owned and cultivated by James and Dolley Madison, whose Montpelier home lies just a few miles northwest.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

The farm, known since the mid-1970s as Wolftrap Farm, is now operated as a wedding and events venue and seven homes on the farm are available as vacation rentals.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Black Meadow . Gardiner Hallock and Kristie Baynard. May 2005. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos