Blankenship Farm Explained

Blankenship Farm
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 20, 1989[1]
Designated Other1 Number:060-0386
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:0.4 miles (0.64 km) south of the junction of VA 733 and 603, near Ellett, Virginia
Coordinates:37.1842°N -80.3647°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, American Foursquare
Added:November 13, 1989
Refnum:89001808

Blankenship Farm is a historic home and barn located near Ellett, Montgomery County, Virginia. The farmhouse was built around 1929, and is a three-bay, two-story, brick, hipped roofed, American Foursquare-style dwelling. In addition to the farmhouse, there is a contributing fourteen-sided frame barn on a poured concrete foundation. It has a concrete floor and is sided with German or novelty weatherboard.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Its 14-sided barn is a round barn.

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. 21 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blankenship Farm . Gibson Worsham. June 1988. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo