The Homeplace Explained

The Homeplace
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 16, 1999[1]
Designated Other1 Number:056-5008
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:US 29, jct. with VA 603, Madison, Virginia
Coordinates:38.4031°N -78.2222°W
Built:c., c. 1875
Builder:Clore, James O.; Clore, James Cleveland
Architecture:I-house
Added:August 5, 1999
Refnum:99000959

The Homeplace is a historic home and farm complex located at Madison, Madison County, Virginia. The original house was built about 1830, and is a gable-roofed hall-and-parlor building with a rear shed addition, built of frame over a stone basement. It was extensively enlarged about 1875 by the addition of a two-story wing built on an I-house plan. Also on the property are the contributing barn, well house, sun pit (greenhouse), bunkhouse for farm workers, meathouse, and a building which oncehoused the furniture factory operated by the Clore family.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

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: The Homeplace. Ann L. Miller. March 1999. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo