Smithfield Farm | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | March 15, 2000[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 021-0349 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | 568 Smithfield Ln., near Berryville, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 39.1708°N -77.9006°W |
Built: | c. |
Architecture: | Federal |
Added: | February 16, 2001 |
Refnum: | 01000148 |
Smithfield Farm is a historic plantation house and farm located near Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia, United States. The manor house was completed in 1824, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Federal style. It has a low-hipped roof and front and rear porticos. Also on the property are a schoolteacher's residence and a combination farm office and a summer kitchen, each with stepped parapet faҫades. Also on the property are the contributing large brick bank barn (1822), a brick equipment shed, a slave quarters, and a stone stable, all built around 1820, and a wooden barn (c. 1830).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. Presently the house is a popular bed & breakfast, and home to organic farmer and New York Times best-selling author[3] Forrest Pritchard, son of Ruth Smith Pritchard, owner of the bed and breakfast and a direct descendant of the original owners of Smithfield.