Junius Marcellus Updyke Farm Explained

Junius Marcellus Updyke Farm
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 15, 2011[1]
Designated Other1 Number:010-5027
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.1253°N -81.0164°W
Built:c. 1912
Added:February 8, 2012
Refnum:12000018[2]

Junius Marcellus Updyke Farm is a historic home and farm located near Bland, Bland County, Virginia. The house was built about 1910, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile, I-house, with a two-story rear ell to its rear. It also has a one-story wing and porch. It has a gable roof with pent roofs at the ends and a full-width front porch supported by Ionic order columns. Also on the property are a contributing two-story smokehouse (c. 1910), granary (c. 1910), chicken house (c. 1920), storage shed (c. 1910), barn (c. 1955), and family cemetery.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[2]

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 Listings. 2012-02-17. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/06/12 through 2/10/12. National Park Service.
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Junius Marcellus Updyke Farm . W. Scott Breckinridge Smith . September 2011. and Accompanying five photos