Miller–Pence Farm Explained

Miller–Pence Farm
Location:8 mi (13 km) west of the junction of U.S. Route 219 and WV 122, near Greenville, West Virginia
Coordinates:37.7089°N -80.6383°W
Built:1770
Builder:Jacob Miller, Henry Pence
Architecture:Federal, Gothic
Added:September 28, 2006
Refnum:06000899

Miller–Pence Farm is a historic home and farm located near Greenville, Monroe County, West Virginia. The main farmhouse was built in 1828, with five modifications through 1910. It began as a two-story Federal style brick home on a coursed rubble foundation. A two-story addition dated to the 1880s, with a cut stone foundation, has board-and-batten siding, evoking the Carpenter Gothic architectural style. Also on the property are a former slave school (c. 1870), second school (c. 1870), three barns (c. 1880–1920), tractor shed (c. 1920), equipment shed (c. 1930), corn crib and ruins of Miller's Frontier House (c. 1770), spring box (c. 1778), original road cut (c. 1800), and the Miller-Halstead Cemetery (c. 1775).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Miller–Pence Farm. February 2006. 2011-08-18 . Jessica Brewer . Sarah Hoblitzell . Lynn Stasick . Barbara Rasmussen . Gregory A. Good . amp . State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.