Smithfield Farm Explained

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.

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: Smithfield Farm . Edward Pritchard. December 2000. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo
  3. News: Best Sellers - The New York Times. The New York Times . 2016-05-06.