Rose Hill Farm (Upperville, Virginia) Explained

Rose Hill Farm
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 15, 1994[1]
Designated Other1 Number:053-0001
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:North side of US 50, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the junction with VA 713, Upperville, Virginia
Coordinates:38.9836°N -77.8303°W
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Federal
Added:August 25, 1994
Refnum:94000986

Rose Hill Farm is a home and farm located near Upperville, Loudoun County, Virginia. The original section of the house was built about 1820, and is -story, five-bay, gable roofed brick dwelling in the federal style. The front facade features an elaborate two-story porch with cast-iron decoration in a grapevine pattern that was added possibly in the 1850s. Also on the property are the contributing -story, brick former slave quarters / smokehouse / dairy ; one-story, log meat house; frame octagonal icehouse; -story, three-bay, gable-roofed, stone granary (1850s); a 19th-century, arched stone bridge; family cemetery; and 19th-century stone wall.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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: Rose Hill Farm . Geoffrey B. Henry. April 1994 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo