Jones Farm (Kenbridge, Virginia) Explained

Jones Farm
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 19, 1996[1]
Designated Other1 Number:055-0182
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:36.9006°N -78.1122°W
Built:c., c. 1846
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:September 27, 1996
Refnum:96001052

The Jones Farm is a historic tobacco plantation house and farm located near Kenbridge, Lunenburg County, Virginia. It was built about 1846, and is a two-story, three-bay, frame I-house with a rear ell dated to about 1835. It is sheathed in original weatherboard and has a side gable roof. It features a front porch with Greek Revival style characteristics. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse, ice house, granary, storage barn, tobacco storage facility, dairy stable, corncrib, two chicken coops, five tobacco barns, three tenant farmhouses, and the sites of a well house and tool shed.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

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: Jones Farm. William G. Duggins, Jr. and Susan G. Bright. April 1996. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo