Hume Historic District Explained

Hume Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 5, 2007[1]
Designated Other1 Number:030-5158
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Hume & Leeds Manor Rds., Hume, Virginia
Coordinates:38.8319°N -77.9994°W
Architecture:Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
Added:February 21, 2008
Refnum:08000070

Hume Historic District is a national historic district located at Hume, Fauquier County, Virginia. It encompasses 59 contributing buildings in the rural village of Hume. The majority of the buildings in the district are vernacular in nature and are late-19th- to early- 20th-century frame dwellings of the side-passage and I-house form. It also contains three commercial buildings, a church, two schools, and a former tavern. Notable buildings include Barbee's Tavern (c. 1787), "The Dell," the parsonage for Leeds Church (c. 1855), former Captain Marshall's Store (c. 1860), the African-American Hume School (c. 1906), the former Hume Methodist Church (c. 1900), and the Hume Baptist Church (1921).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hume Historic District . Maral S. Kalbian and Margaret T. Peters . June 2007. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos