Estes Farm | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | March 8, 2006[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 002-0524 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 38.2058°N -78.4947°W |
Built: | c., c. 1840 |
Architecture: | Greek Revival, Italianate |
Added: | May 17, 2006 |
Refnum: | 06000409 |
Estes Farm is a historic home and farm complex located near Dyke, Albemarle County, Virginia. It includes a c. 1840 log dwelling and a c. 1880 wood framed main house, as well as numerous supporting outbuildings including a large barn (c. 1840), an icehouse/well house (c. 1880), a tenant house (c. 1880), the log dwelling (c. 1840), a small hay/tobacco barn (c. 1920), a garage (c. 1900), and three small sheds. Also on the property is a contributing truss bridge (c. 1915). The house is a two-story, three-bay frame I-house building with a hipped roof. A two-story half-hipped central rear ell was added in 1976. It is representative of a transitional Greek Revival / Italianate style. It features a one-story three-bay porch fronting the central entrance, and exterior-end brick chimneys.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.