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.